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Originally Posted by Maggy J
Can't see what the point is..There is only so much control that H&S can have over us..even they can't follow us around and force us to eat only that which is healthy.
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In fairness they're not really banning unhealthy foods. You can still smoke, drink, eat pure sugar and fried food.
Instead it's more about removing hidden carcinogens from the food supply. At least with the obviously unhealthy food the customer can make a choice. Processed meats seem to be a carcinogen but because there you would have the ban them entirely and because it's quite obvious what it is then instead the agencies simply go down the route of informing customers they're a risk.
In this case it's harder to identify what acrylamide is and what it is in. It's a decision made before it gets to you and since it doesn't great impact the food itself other than the colour it's easier to ban.
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Anyway we are leaving so it won't be any issue for us after 2019.
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Maybe not. This is just a food safety agency that's run at a European level. It's possible we might still use them rather than set up our own or we do set up our own and they largely take the same decisions at those at the EU.