SESAME IS BEING NEWLY ADDED TO SOME FOODS. THE FDA SAYS IT DOESN’T VIOLATE A ALLERGY LAW

he pledged to expose the “abject failures” involved.

“See, I didn’t want to look back. I wanted to solve the problem. That’s what I’m about; solving issues, not blaming, but since you want to blame me I’ll put the facts to this country and let them know what failure, what abject failure, and let me tell you again. It doesn’t smell good,”

Mr Davis told Dr Minnis. “When you look at the sums of money being paid, and we paid for the engines, so why are we still paying them and buying electricity from them. It doesn’t smell good “

Mr Minnis pressed for the maintenance logs to be tabled saying: “Don’t tell me you will.. do it.”

He added: “This requires a thorough debate of which I am prepared to enter with the Prime Minister. I’m not going to do it at this time, but table the maintenance log that you all did not follow. Don’t tell me you will… do it. Don’t tell me you will do it.”

Alfred Sears, minister of works and utilities, responded: “On BPL there will be a full communication, documents laid and the facts will speak for themselves. It will also be supported by forensic analysis. And it will be a very, very interesting time.”

By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer

FOOD manufacturers who deliberately add sesame to products and include the ingredient on labels are not violating a new federal food allergy law, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday.

The Center for Science in the Public Interest, a food safety advocacy group, had petitioned the FDA to halt an unintended consequence of the January law — more companies adding sesame to foods that didn't have it before. But the agency denied the advocacy group's request.

More than 1.6 million people in the U.S. are allergic to sesame, food allergy experts say. Food allergies can lead to serious, even deadly reactions.

Sesame can be found in obvious places, like sesame seeds on hamburger buns, but it is also a major ingredient in everything from protein bars to ice cream and is added to sauces and spice mixes.

Restaurant chains like Olive Garden, Chick-Fil-A and Wendy's — as well as bread makers whose products are in grocery stores and schools — are adding sesame to their products. Producers say the new federal regulations to prevent cross-contamination are so stringent, that it's easier to add sesame and note it on the label than to try to keep the ingredient out of other foods and away from equipment.

But food safety advocates say the practice endangers people with sesame allergies.

"It limits our choice and it puts our community at greater risk," said Robert Earl, vice president of regulatory affairs for the nonprofit group Food Allergy Research & Education.

Since the law took effect, Earl said he has received reports of people having allergic reactions after eating formerly "safe" restaurant foods to which sesame was added.

Dr. Ruchi Gupta, a pediatrician and director of the Center for Food Allergy & Asthma Research at Northwestern University, called the FDA's decision "disappointing."

"It doesn't violate the law; people can do what they want," she said. "But in order to support these adults and children with sesame allergy, I would have hoped they would have come out in a way to prevent or discourage this."

A NOTIFICATION for sesame is printed under the ingredient list on a bag of hot dog buns in New York, on Dec. 21, 2022. Food manufacturers who deliberately add sesame to their products and include it on the labels are not violating a new federal law, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday, July 26, 2023.

The new law, which took effect Jan. 1, requires all foods made and sold in the U.S. to be labeled if they contain sesame, designated by Congress as the nation's ninth major allergen.

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