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CONCHEM

QUARTER 2
MODULE 3

ADVERSE EFFECTS OF FOOD


PRESERVATIVES AND ADDITIVES
LETS DO A RECAP!

Give atleast one


example use of food
preservatives and additives.
NICE JOB!
THE FOLLOWING ADDITIVES HAVE BEEN QUESTIONED
REGARDING THEIR SAFETY, ACCORDING TO CENTER FOR
SCIENCE IN THE PUBLIC INTERESY OR CSPI:

1.BHA (BUTYLATED HYDROXYANISOLE).

“REASONABLY ANTICIPATED TO BE A HUMAN


CARCINOGEN”
2.PROPYL
“THIS PRESERVATIVE
GALLATE. MIGHT PROMOTE
CANCER”
3. SODIUM
NITRITE/NITRATE
LINKED TO INCREASED CANCER AND HEART
DISEASE RISK
4. SODIUM
BENZOATE
THIS CHEMICALS APPEARS TO BE SAFE FOR
MOST OF PEOPLE, BUT SOME REPORTS SEVERE
ALLERGIC REACTIONS.
5.
SULFITES
SAFE FOR MOST OF PEOPLE AND SEVERE
ALLERGIC REACTION FOR SOME
“EATING LESS PACKAGED FOOD IS
ULTIMATELY THE SOLUTION,” -
GARRI FRENCH
NOW, WHAT IS YOUR
SOULUTION TO AVOID FOOD
PRESERVATIVES AND
ADDITIVES?
THE TABLE BELOW SUMMARIZES SOME OF THE
COMMUNITY USED PRESERVATIVES:
THANK YOU!

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