JELLY MINICUPS
August 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Union (EU) could expand restrictions on the sale of jelly mini-cups, the gelatinous confectionary blamed for causing dangerous choking in young people. This follows advice from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) that any mini-cup made with a gel-forming additive "could cause choking and not just in children". This was regardless of whether additives were made from seaweed, or another ingredient. The assessment follows the European Commission's banning in April of jelly mini-cups made with 16 additives, including alginic acid, ...
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