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BREAKING NEWS (old) Archived December 2009: Submission to FSANZ opposing extension of use of artificial red
colour Erythrosine 127 (Application A603) (December 2009) December 2009: Success! McDonalds remove annatto (160b) from soft
serve mix in November 2009: ADHD guidelines
blocked. The
release of controversial guidelines on ADHD have been stopped by the
Australian Federal Government following the revelation that seven of the 10
people in charge of setting the guidelines had financial links to firms who
make ADHD drugs and one psychiatrist, whose research into anti-psychotic
drugs helped form the guidelines, is under investigation in the US for
allegedly failing to declare $1.6 million in payments from drug companies. http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/national/adhd-guidelines-pulled-after-payment-scandal/story-e6freuzr-1225801902002
Diet could be the key, not drugs http://www.news.com.au/story/0,,26386783-421,00.html
– the experience of the majority of Network members is that food intolerance
is frequently misdiagnosed as ADHD, although some children appear to need
medication. FIN’s July 2008 submission on these ADHD guidelines, meticulously
researched and referenced, has never even had the courtesy of an
acknowledgement from RACP: http://www.fedupwithfoodadditives.info/support/ADHD07.pdf
November 2009: thanks to everyone who helped Sue
Dengate reach the finalists in the Australian
of the Year awards. While not winning, the nomination helped raise the
profile of food intolerance everywhere. Photos of Sue receiving her finalists award from the Deputy Premier of NSW, and her
support at the ceremony: Jenny Ravlic and Kathleen Daalmeyer of Additive
Education in Melbourne, husband Dr Howard Dengate, and long-term failsafe
contact Sheryl Sibley from
November 2009: thanks to everyone who helped the
Network make a great submission to the Review of Food Labelling Law and
Policy currently underway for Latest Failsafe Newsletter #62 October – December
2009 New factsheet: Failsafe birthday parties New factsheet: 249-252 Nitrates, nitrites and nitrosamines Archived New talks by Sue Dengate in
November Bellingen NSW Mon 23 November 10.00-12.00am: Sue Dengate chatting with the
Bellingen Baby Pre and Post Natal Support Group, CWA Rooms, Bellingen.
Enquiries Mieke 02 6655 2992 23 October 2009 Review of food
labelling in Australia announced: the long-awaited review of food labeling is underway – if
you want to have issues raised by the Network, please email Howard at confoodnet@ozemail.com.au. A draft
of our submission, due by 20 November (!) will be circulated to all email
support groups for comment later. Media release: Groups welcome food labelling review: call
for better labeling ( Archived Online survey extended to 31
October 2009:
this Central Queensland University survey by Dr Karena Burke is about choices
people make about their food - please help make food intolerance and allergy
issues better known in just 20 minutes: http://ssiweb.cqu.edu.au/food/foodlogn.htm
3 October 2009 articles on that
black form of MSG http://www.smh.com.au/national/kraft-spread-saga-gets-ironic-20091002-ggj0.html
http://www.johnkaye.org.au/media/kraft-youve-dropped-the-bad-name-now-drop-the-bad-fat
13 September 2009 articles on why
we still allow food colours here that are banned in http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/banned-in-europe-but-well-eat-it/story-e6freuy9-1225772226152
http://johnkaye.org.au/media/nsw-kids-let-down-by-weak-food-laws
Effect of childhood diet on adult
violence: children
who eat sweets and chocolate every day are more likely to be violent as
adults, according to a Cardiff University study in the British Journal of
Psychiatry. Researchers looked at data on almost 17,500 people and found that
69 per cent of the participants who were violent at the age of 34 had eaten
sweets and chocolate nearly every day during childhood, compared to 42 per
cent who were non-violent. As Keep in touch with Sue on the
talks tour: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=128458328536#/group.php?gid=128458328536
3/08/2009 Latest Failsafe
Newsletter #61 July – September 2009. See the list of 1154 Australian products containing the
Six artificial colours, which are being
removed from all food in the UK after scientists likened their detrimental
effects to those of lead on children’s development, are the focus of a new
campaign supported by over 100 influential health professionals, educators,
food manufacturers and children support service providers. You can help by signing the on-line petition now! www.additivealert.com.au Archived See also the finalised talks
program details http://www.fedupwithfoodadditives.info/support/talks.htm.
August 2009 Bingara NSW Monday 17
August Warialda NSW Monday 17
August Inverell NSW Tuesday
18 August Richmond NSW Thursday
20 August Killara (Sydney) Monday
24 August Springwood (Blue
Mountains) NSW Tuesday 25 August Tumbarumba NSW
Wednesday 26 August Albury/Wodonga NSW/VIC
Thursday 27 August Wangaratta VIC Monday
31 August September 2009 Melbourne (East) VIC
Tuesday 1 September Ballarat VIC Wednesday
2 September Mildura VIC Thursday 3
September Bordertown SA Saturday
5 September Naracoorte SA Monday 7
September Adelaide SA Wednesday
9 September Kimba SA Thursday 10
September Archived Asda claims victory in aspartame 'nasty' case: a UK High Court judge has found
in favour of the Asda supermarket chain in its court battle with Ajinomoto
over food and beverage 'no nasties' labelling. MSG and aspartame giant
Ajinomoto launched a malicious falsehood action against Asda last year when
supermarket labelling on its 'Good For You' own label food and soft drink
products as containing 'no hidden nasties' included aspartame. Calling the
judgement "a sweet victory", Asda chief merchandising officer
Darren Blackhurst said: "We're in the business of listening to our
customers and they've told us loud and clear that they don't want
unnecessary, artificial additives in their food." Ajinomoto plans to
appeal. http://www.foodnavigator.com/On-your-radar/Artificial-additives/Asda-claims-victory-in-aspartame-nasty-case
July 2009: Fed Up With Sleep Disturbances? The webinar was attended by
95 people including some from Tokyo, Dallas, NZ, Canada, New York, Mumbai and
most from Australia. The emails keep flooding in, thanks to Elizabeth Shannon
for organizing. Sue
Dengate gave a free on-line web seminar on Wednesday July 8 at 7:00 - 8:00pm
Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) in association with Sleep With The
Experts. Click here for more details and to book for
the free webinar. “Off colour” – watch online a great NZ TV documentary on food colours http://www.3news.co.nz/TVShows/60Minutes/60MinutesStoryDisplay/tabid/755/articleID/110224/cat/31/Default.aspx A Canadian whistleblower says that if Australians want to eat as safely as
Europeans, they need to ban the five major contaminants of modern industrial
food production. Visiting microbiologist Dr Shiv Chopra, a fellow of the
World Health Organisation and former senior scientific adviser to Health
Canada said it was not the job of the public to prove additives are harmful:
"The onus should be on the government and big business to prove that
these substances are not harmful, because they're the ones who are making
money from them. Unless they can prove that these substances aren't harmful,
we should be telling our governments that we don't want them in our food
supply." http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25686749-23289,00.html
June 2009: SUCCESS! All 14 artificial colours to go. ALDI will become the first Australian supermarket
chain to remove six food colours proven to cause hyperactivity and other
disorders in children from its range of own-branded products. It is also
removing preservatives and a further eight food colourings it has identified
as undesirable. "We chose not to wait for it be legislated in Australia
as we believe the findings are enough to demonstrate this is the right thing
to do," said Aldi Stores managing director Michael Kloeters. He said the colourings would be replaced
with natural alternatives or, some cases, "nothing at all". http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/business/story/0,28124,25618332-36418,00.html
3.28min video interview on nasty additives http://today.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=824733
"Woolworths says it's also been removing these food colourings
from their private label products for over a year" from http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2008/s2595445.htm
The food industry is listening too http://www.ausfoodnews.com.au/2009/06/11/aldi-to-rid-their-products-of-food-colours-linked-to-hyperactivity.html
Seeing red over colour additives by Karen Collier HeraldSun http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25601761-24331,00.html
and Over 1000 products with suspect food colourings in Australia by Karen Collier The Daily
Telegraph http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,25601116-5006007,00.html
Archived May 2009: It’s official: a study of nearly
3000 teenagers at the Centre for Child Health in WA has found that the
Western dietary pattern is significantly associated with poor behaviour. This study showed that foods such
as snacks, takeaway food, confectionery, processed and red meats, and other
refined foods were associated with increased depression or aggression and that better behavioural outcomes were associated with a
higher intake of fresh fruit and leafy green vegetables. But correlation is
not causation. What this study did not show is
that micronutrients such as folates and other vitamins have anything to do
with such behaviours. That is only speculation by the authors who chose to
completely ignore the fact that additives in the western diet have been
consistently associated with bad behaviours in over thirty years of
research. See “The Association between
dietary patterns and mental health in early adolescence”: http://tinyurl.com/rx2twa. Fantastic 31 minutes video interview with Sue
Dengate http://maxawareness.com/members/featured/fed-up/
(You’ll need to join Maxawareness and pay $1 using a Credit Card). Slush Puppies win a Nasty Food Award New factsheet: Artificial
colours around the world. Why are the regulations all different? New articles: Food and depression, by Sue
Dengate from Australian Certified Organic Magazine (1.1Mb PDF) Autumn 2009,
and Food colours 101 from Reader’s
Digest magazine Health Smart June-July 2009. See other articles too. The Food Investigators: there's a new TV series on SBS starting on Wednesday 20 May from 7:30-8:00pm.
Later parts include Sue Dengate supervising an additive-free trial with a
sporting team, of great interest to Australian failsafers. This new 13-part
series will investigate food; explore the myths, the hidden nasties, and just
what is good, or not good, for us in our diet, co-hosted by emergency room
doctor, Dr Renee Lim who sees the results of bad diets every day in the ER. http://www.sbs.com.au/shows/foodinvestigators/episodes/page/i/1/h/Episodes/
Archived Thanks to organisers of talks at Yamba and Coffs Harbour (Paul, Enid, Maria, Kerry) for
their successful efforts during the recent heavy weather. 30/4/2009
Medical warning about salicylates in Bonjela: One of the most commonly used teething gels for babies has been
linked to a potentially fatal disease. British authorities say the active
ingredient - choline salicylate - in Bonjela may put children at risk of
Reye's syndrome, a rare brain and liver disease. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/04/24/2552251.htm.
Coming talks in
Melbourne by Kathleen and Jenny
of Additive Education http://www.additiveeducation.com.au/talks.htm
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Six artificial colours, which are
being removed from all food in the UK after scientists likened their
detrimental effects to those of lead on children’s development, are the focus
of a new campaign supported by over 100 influential health professionals, educators,
food manufacturers and children support service providers. You can help by signing the on-line petition now! www.additivealert.com.au
http://www.fedupwithfoodadditives.info/features/colours/colours.htm
http://www.fedupwithfoodadditives.info/features/colours/colourfoods.htm
http://www.fedupwithfoodadditives.info/features/colours/FSANZ14.pdf
Archived Talks in March
2009 Alstonville NSW
Monday 16 March 7.00-9.00pm: Sue
Dengate “The effects of foods on children’s behaviour” for St Joseph's
Primary School, 11 Perry Street, Alstonville. No charge: costs are being met
by Lismore CEO Parent Assembly. Sue Dengate’s books and Rockhampton QLD
Saturday 21 March Archived Archived See Food Intolerance
Network response. EU
countries have far less colours in their food supply, with only 34 foods
containing them in Two new Factsheets: Chest
pain and heart symptoms; Head lice and
nits. The latest newsletter is Failsafe Newsletter October – December 2008
#58 The Kids First Campaign: Six artificial colours, which are
being removed from all food in the UK after scientists likened their
detrimental effects to those of lead on children’s development, are the focus
of a new campaign supported by over 100 influential health professionals,
educators, food manufacturers and children support service providers. The campaign unites the three
leading food additive consumer advocates in the country, Julie Eady from
Additive Alert, Sue Dengate from the Food Intolerance Network and Kathleen
Daalmeyer from Additive Education. The Kids First Campaign will
demand that Please sign the on-line petition now! www.additivealert.com.au The importance of this Campaign is
that, when successful, it will be the first time that food regulators have
accepted the importance of behaviour and learning as criteria in approval
processes. These six colours (Tartrazine 102,
Quinoline Yellow 104, Sunset Yellow 110, Carmoisine 122, Ponceau Red 124 and
Allura Red 129) are in the process of being withdrawn in the Archived Get Smarties 2 campaign – you can help – tell Nestle if
you would like natural colours in Smarties in Australia as they do in the UK
(see story in Failsafe Newsletter April
– June 2008 #56)
COMING TALKS: Armidale NSW Coffs Harbour NSW Sue Dengate
is a speaker at the 10th Annual Food Regulations and Labelling Standards
Conference on Tuesday 18th November
at Archived 20/7/2008 On Sue’s recent speaking tour, so
many people wanted to buy “the set” (Fed Up, the Failsafe Cookbook & the 9/7/2008 Artificial colours to
come with a warning in Europe: food manufacturers making a product with any of six
well-known artificial colours will soon be required to use a warning:
"may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children"
according to a new ruling by the European Parliament. Companies will have to
decide whether to continue to use the additives and suffer the effects the
warning might have on sales, or invest in reformulation. Many large
companies, such as Cadbury and Nestle, have already made pledges to remove
all artificial colourings from their products. More at http://www.foodproductiondaily.com/news/ng.asp?n=86405&c=96gwzHDi%2FgR4NVbwXIrQPA%3D%3D. Standard treatment for ADHD –
eliminate food additives: the most recent editorial in the British Medical Journal has
recommended that a trial eliminating food additives from the diets of
hyperactive children should be part of standard treatment – why did it take
so long? http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080522210010.htm
Coca-Cola in Britain began withdrawing the
controversial preservative sodium benzoate (211) from Diet Coke in January in
response to consumer demand for more natural products, but the company has no
plans to remove it in Food sold
in South Australian school canteens contains additives banned in several overseas
countries, Opposition education spokesman David Pisoni has
claimed (see more about this in our next newsletter) http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,23734976-2682,00.html
Strong response to talks tour: Over 3,000 people attended Sue
Dengate’s recent talks in a program remarkable for its warm support and
increased level of knowledge of food intolerance. Thanks to the many unpaid
organizers and in particular to Peta & Vicky (Port Macquarie), Belinda
& Bonnie (Wagga Wagga), Sheryl & Jan (Canberra), Debbie &
Caroline (Devonport), Lisa (Launceston), Diane (Hobart), Marg & Colleen (Frankston), John
(Mornington), Kaz & Kirsty (Warrnambool), Irene, Peter, Adrian &
Kathy, and Helen & Chris (Ballarat), Tracey (Mt Gambier), Bronwyn
(Adelaide), Korina, Hadyn & Carol (Woy Woy), Erica & Matthew (Castle
Hill), Tammy (Ipswich), Ann & family (Brisbane), and Bernadette &
Debbie (Maclean). 10/04/2008: The UK's
food watchdog, the Food Standards Agency (FSA), is to advise government
Ministers to ask manufacturers to bring in a voluntary ban of six
artificial food colours from food and drink by 2009. They will also
advise Ministers to push for them to be phased out in the rest of the
European Union. The colours are Sunset yellow (E110), Quinoline yellow
(E104), Carmoisine (E122), Allura red (E129), Tartrazine (E102) and Ponceau
4R (E124) and have been on the Food Intolerance Network’s list of nasties for
15 years. We await action from Australian and
More school trial info at http://www.fedupwithfoodadditives.info/factsheets/Factsuccess1.htm
http://www.fedupwithfoodadditives.info/factsheets/Factschools.htm Archived Latest
Failsafe Newsletter January – March 2008 on-line
or as pdf (16 pages) Food Intolerance
brochure now In Dutch (thanks
Peter) In French (thanks Ariane) In Italian (thanks Helen) In
Portuguese (thanks Carla) In
Spanish (thanks Daniela) In Nepali
(thanks Sunita) In USA (thanks
failsafeUSA members) Archived Thursday, 21 February
at In
the Archived **WARNING**
29/01/2008 Consumers have been warned to moderate their intake of vegetable
chips and crackers made from cassava after tests revealed questionable
levels of naturally occurring cyanide. Cassava can be harmful when consumed
in large quantities, particularly by small children. Symptoms include
difficulty breathing, dizziness, headaches, stomach pains, vomiting and
diarrhoea, while mental confusion, twitching and convulsions can occur in
severe cases. http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=285528
Latest
Failsafe Newsletter # 54 October –
December 2007 now available, featuring the Australian federal
election and the new International Registry of Food Additive Reactions (IRFAR). |
