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really interesting video this one is taiwan foods that are banned in europe but not the us
really interesting video title obviously we're going to get into some really interesting things
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thinking you don't get enough videos from me well problem solved there is a link below the european
union is as suspicious as ever when it comes to food stuffs containing chemicals unnatural dyes
and meat treated with synthetic growth hormones since 1981 the eu has had stringent rules for the
importation of food to its markets and those rules have only gotten stricter with time in
1989 it banned as many as six growth hormones launching a trade dispute which has lasted 30
years and counting in 2003 it permanently banned one synthetic growth hormone while
provisionally banning five others and a whole host of dyes chemicals and preservatives are
persona non grata in the eu as well from hard shelled candida delights milk dyed salmon and beef
and pork treated with all kinds of hormones here are 10 foods banned in parts of the european union
i'm here playing a fool of myself smiling myself in the eyes he said 10. let's get right into it
i must talk about food on the other channel i really should do a food vlog regarding but i
got to take my time i just got to finland it's been a month we're already in the second month
of me being here uh no we're on we're on to the second month of me being in finland
so it's been a month but um i i gotta do more vlogs man number ten skittles
no way no way what skittles please tell me eminems are not banned over here as well oh my gosh that's
tough zarband in sweden and norway for containing yellow dye number five and six in most parts
of the eu all that's required of the wrigley company a division of mars inc is to include a
disclaimer suggesting that the candy could cause adverse health effects and hyperactivity still
it's thought that these dyes can cause allergic reactions in some people and fda tests have shown
that red dye 40 yellow 5 and yellow 6 all contain cancer-causing agents like benzedeine and 4-amino
bifenthal and the levels released in the body could be much higher than the fda is reporting
thanks to the fact that routine tests tend to find less of these cancer-causing carcinogens
than when they actually pass through the colon still we've never heard of anyone in the u.s
being hospitalized after eating skittles but maybe that's just what they want you to think number
nine rbgh or rbst milk the main reason cited by the european union for banning both recombinant
bovine growth hormone and its synthetic counterpart recombinant bovine soma metropin rbst
officially is due to animal cruelty concerns but there may be other adverse health effects linked
to the use of these hormones both rbgh and rbsd have been tenuously linked to the developments of
certain cancers in addition to that the fda found that further study would have to be conducted to
determine the impact these hormones would have on the liver and other organs but in addition
to the potential adverse health effects of rbgh in humans cattle treated with the growth hormone are
more likely to come down with a nasty case of mastitis a inflammatory reaction in the artery
tissue caused by infection from microorganisms as a result of this disease cattle in the us
are treated with antibiotics eliminating masticist infections but potentially causing other problems
further down the line although the world health organization is primarily concerned about the
over-alliance and overuse of antibiotics in humans claiming that this could lead to the evolution
of a superbug 90 of antibiotics consumed aren't taken by humans they're fed to otherwise healthy
animals and experts warn that this could lead to our livestock essentially becoming superbug
factories as the bacteria they harbor become more and more resistant to antibiotics it's only
a matter of time before these traits get passed on to bacteria that are harmful to humans number
eight papaya corn and soy the genetically modified organisms or gmos used in vegetables and fruit in
the u.s have allegedly been linked to some nasty health problems however whether this is actually
the case we just don't know while it is true that the us treats its produce and fruit with gmos to
make them more resistant to different diseases and this can be largely beneficial more research does
need to be conducted in order to determine which of these is harmful to humans unlike the us and
the fda the eu takes a far more cautious approach when it comes to approving gmos meaning that they
must pass rigorous tests and environmental monitoring before they are deemed safe for
consumption by citizens in their countries however even their system is not perfect recently a batch
of gmo treated papaya began circulating through eu-controlled markets the culprits appear to be
farmers in thailand who mass-produced gmo-treated crops number seven breads
and shout out to europe man shout out to europe i got to give you all y'all credit
bro for trying your best to you know filter through the system to not have these type of
stuff going through but jeez break containing a zodi carbon and mine mined as azodi carbon
mined a zodicarbonamide i did chemistry i was supposed to be able to pronounce these words
like a pronunciation kind of sucks sometimes due to a speech impediment that i sometimes you know
express in my you know vocals but um yeah a zodiac carbonyl a zodi carbonymide a zodicarbonamide yeah
ada for short is a chemical used to bleach breads in order to increase their shelf life
recently companies like subway mcdonald's and other fast food restaurants have come
under fire for using this chemical ada is also the chemical that allows bubbles to form inside foams
and plastics like vinyl the eu banned ada because of its potential harmful effects on human health
both potassium bromates a chemical used in bread that helps it rise in the oven and ada have been
linked to kidney and thyroid cancers in rash so if china brazil and the european union have all
banned the use of this chemical and their breads well why haven't the u.s the fact of the matter is
that the fda just doesn't think it's dangerous after multiple studies it's ruled that it's
not harmful in humans question you have to ask yourself is well which research do you trust more
and why number six chlorine wash chicken chlorine plays many roles in the industrialized world it's
a powerful tool for cleaning water supplies which otherwise might become contaminated and
lead to the development of cholera when ingested a disease which is extremely fatal if left untreated
but it's also used to clean other things like chicken chlorine washed chicken means just that
chicken that's been washed with chlorinated water according to most websites devoted to chicken and
all things related to chicken it's the internet of course these websites exist chlorine washing is a
food safety practice which helps keep harmful bacteria from growing on poultry but while the
eu doesn't think that washing your poultry in chlorinated water will lead to adverse health
effects they do think it's a method of covering up poor hygiene practices this understandably has
made u.s exporters incredibly angry as it's a decision not based in scientific evidence
but rather on paranoia 5. instant mashed potatoes while the fda will argue otherwise
the preservatives i was wondering where my mashed potatoes at i've been in finland for
a minute and i've actually thought of it and i'm like man i want to get some mashed potatoes man
and now i'm like i haven't seen it in the supermarket because it probably ain't there
that's tough mutilated hydroxyanazole bha and butylated hydroxytolane found in instant mashed
potatoes and pretty much every single packaged food you buy in the u.s have been known to cause
some cancers in rats they're also known to impair blood clotting when consumed in high quantities
among other symptoms like hyperactivity bha and bht are used primarily to prevent foods from
excreting oils this prevents them from going rancid and extends their shelf life and you can
probably guess what the european union did about this if you guessed that they outright banned them
then congratulations are correct the strange thing about the situation is that the fda admits that
bha and bhd are probably a bit carcinogenic in nature the fda certified these food additives as
gras generally recognized as safe but this just means that they're only regarded as safe up until
a certain amount is consumed and never underwent pre-market review number four mountain dew you
might be surprised to learn that your favorite lemon lime soda may contain a chemical typically
used in a flour a mountain dew is bad in the idiot what i'm not a huge mountain dew fan
dude but i get on some dudes sometime bruh like i get my dude and i drink my do sometimes but hey
i've never been a huge soda guy like my favorite soda is coca-cola coke um it's my favorite right
so i don't really rock with anything except for that but if they ain't no coke i'm gonna grab
something else and if there's do i definitely get some do and i can't believe that thing is banned
in the eu that is tough that right there is tough and surprising for me because that one oh my gosh
crazy retardant and this is an ingredient that has been banned in over a hundred countries the fda
tested the ingredients in mountain dew and found that they lacked enough conclusive data on one
of its main ingredients brominated vegetable oil to decide whether or not it was safe to consume
although it's still labeled as gras of course across the pond it's a different story because
it competes with iodine for receptor sites in the body high levels of brominated vegetable oil
in humans can lead to thyroid problems autoimmune diseases and potentially cancer in fact bromine is
considered a toxin although brominated vegetable oil is still legal in the united states pepsi
and coke decided to remove the ingredient from their soft drinks after public backlash number
three farmed salmon eating salmon has all kinds of health benefits but people consuming anything
other than fresh water or organic salmon might be consuming a harmful carcinogen the european union
has outright banned farm-raised salmon for good reason so what exactly separates farmed salmon
from freshwater salmon well that's the fact that salmon that are raised on farms are typically
fed an unnatural diet of grain antibiotics and other drugs that leave their meat an unhealthy
looking gray propagators of farm-raised salmon use a chemical known as astaxanthin to die the
unhealthy gray away you're probably guessing astaxanthin has been banned in the eu due to
health concerns and you'd be right what's more is that freshwater salmon growing up on natural food
sources retains a vibrant pink quality number 2. u.s pork pigs in the united states typically
even food laced with ractopamine a growth promotion drug which helps animals remain lean
the drug basically mimics the effects of stress hormones allowing for the production of more meat
while keeping feed consumption relatively low so what might be the problem with this
well the company that produces the dragalanco did their own testing on the drug and this might be a
decent indicator that some corners might have been cut shortly after the fda approved the
drug for use in american pork products farmers began reporting that more and more pigs became
non-ambulatory which is a fancy way of saying that they can't stand or walk these pigs tend to
get treated very poorly in u.s slaughterhouses getting trampled and dragged by workers and
electrically shocked by cattle prods in a cruel effort to get them moving again more than 218 000
pigs are recorded as having this condition the fda accused olanko of withholding information
but despite this news the drug is still allowed in the u.s all that's changed is a big old disclaimer
listing the drug side effects on this one we can't really blame the evil banning it sometimes
being cautious pays off 1. u.s beef much like the eu's reasoning on banning u.s sourced milk
meat sourced from cattle raised on growth hormones cannot be imported to the european
union believe it or not this decision has resulted in a long-standing trade dispute between the u.s
and the eu lasting 30 years and counting unlike milk however the ban on u.s beef extends to six
different growth hormones with estradiol being permanently banned and five others provisionally
banned this has resulted in u.s retaliation in the form of tariffs on selected food imports from the
eu and an action that the eu is heavily criticized not all u.s beef is banned in the eu though just
recently a deal was reached to allow a certain market share for companies looking to export
organic beef but the tariffs do remain the u.s claims that the eu's decision is not based on
scientific evidence and that they're not treating farms that use synthetic growth hormones fairly
so i really hope you found that video interesting if you did please do hit that thumbs up
wow that was complicated but i'm happy i watched it i'm really happy no regrets watching that
you know just to know what's banned in the eu and what not to eat in in america like i'm telling you
i would rock some skittles right now some mountain dew bro those are two top tier things that bro
milk in america i would write those like a lot too so it's kind of crazy to find these
things out but i'm happy i learned them so all i can say to you guys is man be safe out there
with you food bro like if you ever visit america americans watching this video bro y'all be safe
out there man the food out there dangerous right but um that's gonna be the end of the
video guys please like and subscribe i'm gonna see y'all in another video man i'm out of here peace