美國食品藥物管理局（FDA) 宣布，將7款食品添加物除名，不再納入安全添加劑名單之中，並給予食品製造商24個月緩衝期，以利業者修正配方。
該7款添加劑多用於糖果、冰淇淋、餅乾、烘培食品和飲料等，在動物實驗結果上有致癌的疑慮，在多個響應消費者權益和健康團體的龐大壓力下，美FDA宣布禁用法令於10月9日正式生效，即日起至2020年10月9日前為緩衝期。
至於第7種添加劑苯乙烯，早在2011年就被美FDA認定為一種致癌物質，因此早已不運用在食品工業上，這次亦從安全名單中剃除。這些被禁用的添加劑包含：
- 二笨酮（Benzophenone）
- 丙烯酸乙酯（Ethyl acrylate）
- 丁香油酚甲醚（Eugenyl methyl ether）
- 月桂烯（Myrcene）
- 胡薄荷酮（Pulegone）
- 吡啶（Pyridine）
- 苯乙烯（styrene）
連結：FDA Removes 7 Synthetic Flavoring Substances from Food Additives List（美國FDA公告）
he FDA is amending its food additive regulations in response to two food additive petitions, to no longer allow for the use of a total of 7 synthetic flavoring substances and flavor enhancers (adjuvants). The FDA determined that the data presented in one of the petitions submitted to the FDA by Breast Cancer Fund, Center for Environmental Health, Center for Food Safety, Center for Science in the Public Interest, Consumers Union, Environmental Defense Fund, Environmental Working Group, Improving Kids’ Environment, Natural Resources Defense Council, WE ACT for Environmental Justice, and Mr. James Huff show that 6 of these synthetic substances caused cancer in laboratory animals under the conditions of the studies. The seventh synthetic flavor is being de-listed because it is no longer used by industry.
The 6 flavoring substances include synthetically-derived benzophenone, ethyl acrylate, eugenyl methyl ether (methyl eugenol), myrcene, pulegone, and pyridine. These substances are being removed from the food additive regulations under the Delaney Clause of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) (section 409(c)(3) of the FD&C Act). This clause, enacted in 1958, requires that the FDA cannot find as safe; i.e., cannot approve, the use of any food additive that has been found to induce cancer in humans or animals at any dose.
小編評：這些成分比較偏向香料用途，在我國難保不會被用到，尤其胡薄荷酮（Pulegone）在我國香料用途中也訂有限量標準。