https://www.econologie.info/share/partag ... Ejzl6Z.pdf
(Correction: Sorry, in fact, this document will not come from Villejuif Hospital at all as he claims, see next post)
Edit by modo, copied pasted from the link: http://www.igr.fr/fr/page/communique-su ... ntaires_12 (thank you Delnoram)
Food additives press release
FOOD ADDITIVES: THE DEVELOPMENT OF IGR
A document on food additives, "distributed by the Villejuif hospital", has been circulating for many years.
This anonymous document, which includes a list of substances including nearly twenty described as "toxic" "carcinogenic" and 25 as "suspect", disseminates false information on food additives.
Its lying character is illustrated in particular by the case of the additive E330, presented as the most dangerous, when it is simply citric acid which exists in abundance in its natural state in citrus fruits.
The Gustave-Roussy Institute, located in Villejuif and formerly known as the "Cancer Institute", has stated on several occasions, through press releases, that it was completely foreign to the writing and distribution of this leaflet.
In addition, certain lists were distributed under the stamp of the Ministry of Health and the Family which had to file a complaint, at the time, for using false documents.
Although the origin and the cause of these diffusions are not clarified, this case has the effect of casting a doubt in the minds of consumers on the authorization procedures for the use of additives.
The Ministry of Health has regularly reminded for 20 years that France is one of the few countries to practice the system of positive lists in this area, that is to say that it is prohibited to use, in food human and animal, any additive (colorant, preservative, etc.) which is not on the official lists of authorization for use.
The public body responsible for checking the presence of additives in food products is:
The Directorate General for Competition, Consumption and Fraud Prevention
It is therefore possible to contact this service for more details.
IGR, June 2002