Daily Mail's 'Ban the Additives' campaign. - hurrah for the rag.

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Ministers have backed a ban on six food additives linked to

hyperactivity in children.

The decision follows a call from the Food Standards Agency earlier

this year for the food industry voluntarily to remove the chemicals.

The news is a major breakthrough for the Daily Mail's 'Ban the

Additives' campaign.

It follows research that found children became hyperactive when fed a

cocktail of additives used in hundreds of products.

Scientists argued many could be protected from developing Attention

Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - which can blight entire school

careers - if the chemicals were removed from food.

The suspect colours are Tartrazine (E102); Quinoline yellow (E104);

Sunset yellow (E110); Carmoisine (E122); Ponceau 4R (E124) and Allura

red (E129).

Their removal would mean foods such as mushy peas would lose their

vivid colours.

From the daily mail.

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