Urgent cancer risk warning over sweets, drinks and crisps from US on sale in UK An urgent warning has been issued over a series of dangerous American sweets ‘flooding the UK’ which contain chemicals linked to cancer, heart problems and kidney damage.
The Manchester warning reads: ‘The Chartered Trading Standards Institute has issued a warning that imported sweets and fizzy drinks with known links to hyperactivity and cancer have flooded the UK.
A number of sweets and fizzy drinks imported from the US contain chemicals banned in the UK, according to an investigation by the consumer protection watchdog, the Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI).
The findings have prompted an urgent alert from Manchester City Council, who have warned the banned and illegal additives can cause hyperactivity, behavioural problems, cancer kidney and other organ damage and heart problems.
In the UK, products containing this substance, also called ‘sunset yellow’ or ‘E110’, must carry a disclaimer stating the products can cause hyperactivity in children.
