Jolly Ranchers and Mountain Dew are advertised on TikTok and Instagram but contain products banned in the UK.

  • s1ndr0m3@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    AFAIK mineral oil and petroleum jelly are considered food safe. In the food industry they are used as lubricant on machinery that comes into contact with food (like meat slicers or even soda machines). Petroleum jelly is also found in a lot of skin care products, like Vasoline, vapo-rub, makeup -removing cream, and is also used in lip balm.

    That being said, oil & gas extraction has and is wreaking havoc on our environment and health. So, while these products may be safe for human contact, they have a cost.

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      11 months ago

      The UK doesn’t deem them safe for human consumption tho, because they err on the side of caution instead of allowing big oil and/or corps to do what they want.

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        11 months ago

        instead of allowing big oil and/or corps to do what they want.

        Yes only the peers are allowed to do that.

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        11 months ago

        i actually can’t find this being true anywhere.

        the uk afaik calls it liquid parrafin and sell it at drug stores