UK: Sainsbury's joins voluntary food colouring ban
By: just-food.com | 3 September 2009
Sainsbury's has joined the food companies that have signed up to the UK food watchdog's voluntary ban on food colourings associated with hyperactivity in children.
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Sainsbury's has joined the food companies that have signed up to the UK food watchdog's voluntary ban on food colourings associated with hyperactivity in children.

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