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Food additives — European Commission

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Investigation

Can food or cosmetics literally be chemical-free?

Contextualizes

Food-safety regulation evaluates named substances and functions rather than treating chemical identity itself as a toxicity category.

Challenges

Regulatory food-science materials identify familiar natural constituents such as ascorbic acid, pectin, lycopene and lecithin as chemical substances, contradicting the literal chemical-free claim.

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