EU: EU Publishes Draft Regulation Banning the Use of Some Botanical Ingredients in Food such as Aloe Extracts

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On March 4, the European Commission published a draft Implementing Regulation concerning botanical species containing hydroxyanthracene derivatives, such as those found in aloe extracts. If adopted, this Regulation would ban the addition of these botanicals to food in the EU market.

EU: EU Publishes Draft Regulation Banning the Use of Some Botanical Ingredients in Food such as Aloe Extracts

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