Day 014 - 20 Jul 94 - Page 54
1 Q. Potassium nitrate?
A. No.
2
Q. BHA?
3 A. No. In fact, there is evidence that that may actually
be beneficial because it has the oxidant properties.
4
Q. BT?
5 A. BHT.
6 Q. BHT, sorry?
A. The same would go for that.
7
Q. Carrageenan?
8 A. No.
9 Q. In its natural form? There is a distinction between
carrageenan in its natural and in its degraded form. Am
10 I right that the form in which it is used in food is its
natural, non-degraded form?
11 A. Yes, as far as I am aware.
12 Q. Monosodium glutamate?
A. No.
13
Q. It is right, is it not, that once upon a time monosodium
14 glutamate was thought to be responsible for what we call
Chinese restaurant syndrome?
15 A. That is right yes.
16 Q. Has work been done on that question?
A. Yes, it has.
17
Q. With what result?
18 A. Well, it has been basically ruled out of the court.
19 Q. It has been acquitted, has it?
A. Yes.
20
Q. The final, potassium bromate, is that still used in food
21 in this country?
A. I think that is the one that was recently withdrawn.
22
Q. It used to be used as an aid to the production of flour?
23 A. A processing aid.
24 Q. Just one final thing about additives: Sunset yellow, I
would guess from its name, is a colour?
25 A. Yes.
26 Q. A colouring agent?
A. Yes.
27
Q. Amaranth, I think, also is a colouring agent?
28 A. Yes, it is.
29 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It may be it was implicit, but you did not
get an answer to your standard question in relation to
30 potassium bromate, because you went on to ask if it had
been withdrawn.
