5 American Foods That Are Banned in Other Countries

5 American Foods That Are Banned in Other Countries
The fact that some of the foods sold and served in America are banned in other countries shouldn't come as much of a shock. With the amount of artificial coloring, flavoring and preservatives in foods sitting on grocery store shelves and in fast food eateries, the list of toxic foods to stay away from is growing by the day. If you're working on becoming more well informed what you're putting into your body, you'll want to check out this list of 10 foods that are freely sold in America, but banned in other countries due to health concerns :

1. Farm-raised Salmon

 Farmed salmon are created on an unnatural diet of grains, antibiotics and other drugs, which causes their flesh to turning a gray coloring. To get rid of the not-so-appetizing coloring, they're fed synthetic astaxanthin made from petrochemicals. That's a mouthful, but the important part is that it has not been approved for human consumption. Farmed salmon that are fed these chemicals are banned in both Australia and New Zealand.

2. Genetically Engineered Papaya

Most Hawaiian papaya -- as tasty as it musics -- is now genetically engineered in order to be resistant to ringspot virus. You've probably heard about the hype surrounding genetically engineered foods. In animals, they cause intestinal injury, organ injury, tumors, birth defect and premature death. The U.S. has not banned this food, but the European Union has.

3. Ractopamine-tainted Meat

Ractopamine is a drug that increases protein synthesis( it is used to make the animal more muscular ), which produces more meat. It is currently used in about 45% of U.S. swine, 30% of ration-fed cattle, as well as turkeys. It's banned in an astounding 160 countries across Europe, Russia, mainland China and the Republic of China.

4. Flame Retardant Drinks

Sodas and sports drinkings that are citrus-flavored are common in the Country, but what most don't realize is that they contain brominated vegetable oil( BVO ), a synthetic chemical which was originally brought to chemical companies as a flame retardant. Bromine is a depressant to the central nervous system, and it's banned in Europe and Japan.

5. Artificial Colors and Dyes

There are more than 3,000 preservatives, seasonings and colours added to foods in the United States. Research has shown many of these food additives to produce hazardous health effects including birth defect, cancer and behavioral problems. Norway and Austria have banned the purposes of these harmful food additives. Click Here