Is there a safety problem with "brominated vegetable oil" in beverages?

recently, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, the world's two largest beverage giants, announced that all of their branded beverages would no longer use a chemical called brominated vegetable oil. What is brominated vegetable oil? Is there a security issue?
brominated vegetable oil
,
BVO
) is a substance formed by the catalytic reaction of soybean oil, corn oil and other vegetable oils to the molecular group to add bromine atoms (
br
). In fruit juice drinks, brominated vegetable oil can be used as a stabilizer. When making fruit juice drinks, such as orange juice or grape juice, the use of brominated vegetable oil can help prevent various flavor substances from floating to the surface of the beverage, so that the various ingredients better blend together, to maintain the stability of the nature of the beverage and maintain flavor.the health problems of brominated vegetable oils stem from the possible containing of brominated substances. Bromide is also present in brominated flame retardants. Brominated matter may enter food, and studies have found that brominated matter may affect the growth of some birds and animals, and there are concerns about whether it will have an impact on human health., bromine is also produced in human tissue, and studies have found that
0.01-0.94
mg of bromine is commonly found in every 100 grams of body tissue fat. However, bromine from food and environmental sources increases the build-up of bromine in the tissues of the body, which has negative health effects, including health problems such as forgetfulness, skin problems and neurological problems. In addition to animal experiments, two cases of bromine poisoning due to heavy consumption of brominated vegetable oil were observed, with one patient drinking
2-4
litres of cola per day and the other
63
years old drinking
8
litres of a drink per day. What is the safety of brominated vegetable oils?has also carried out a systematic assessment of the safety of brominated vegetable oils at the international level. The World Health Organization's assessment of brominated vegetable oils concluded that there was little evidence of research on brominated vegetable oils at present, that there was insufficient evidence to determine whether brominated vegetable oils were harmful or that there was no limit to the permitted intake (
ADI
). However, since there are currently substitutes for brominated vegetable oils, there is no international approval for the use of brominated vegetable oils as a food additive. China, Japan and Europe have all taken the initiative. But in the United States, brominated vegetable oils are allowed to be used as food additives in fruit juice drinks.until 1970-
, brominated vegetable oils were recognized as a safe-use substance (
GRAS
) in the United States and can be used by businesses in accordance with production needs, although studies have found that large doses of brominated vegetable oil can pose a health risk to animals.
1970,
, the
FDA
removed
BVO

gars
list. Subsequently, the
FEMA
,
The Flavor and Extracts Manufacturers Association
) submitted a petition to
FDA
, the U.S.
FDA
reassessed A two-year feeding experiment on pigs found no effect on pigs at
1200ppm
per kg, while in another animal study of dogs,
3600ppm
was not found to be cardiovascular damage. Upon review, the
FDA
agreed to allow the temporary use of
BVO
as a stabilizer in fruit juice beverages and considered it safe to add brominated vegetable oils to the
15 ppm
range, a rule that has continued to this day. Currently, the United States requires that the use of brominated vegetable oil in fruity beverages does not exceed
15 ppm
.as a consumer or more concerned about drinks can be safe to drink. In fact, enterprises in the United States to produce and sell products using brominated vegetable oil is in line with U.S. standards, as long as the limit standards can be considered safe, consumers do not have to worry about drinks can not drink. However, in other countries, such as China, Europe and Japan, brominated vegetable oil is not allowed to be used, and beverage products produced and sold in these areas are not allowed to use brominated vegetable oil, which has nothing to do with safety.there are many people who question why some countries are banned, while others allow it. In fact, this is a very common phenomenon in the food industry. Experimental evidence is common to the world in the safety assessment of a substance, but approval of its use depends on the trade-off between risk and benefit by national regulators, which is often subjective. For example, the
WHO
concluded that the experimental evidence was not sufficient to adequately indicate whether brominated vegetable oil was safe, that some possible safety risks could not be ignored, and that there were other substances that could be substituted and not approved for use; Many other food additives, such as benzoyl peroxide, Clenol, food coloring, acetaminophen in flour, etc., are the same.as for the assumption that companies no longer use brominated vegetable oil, it means admitting that it is harmful is pure speculation. In fact, companies voluntarily give up the use of an additive, it has nothing to do with whether it is harmful, because whether it is harmful, it is up to the regulator to assess. It's no big deal for companies to stop using brominated vegetable oils, such as acetaminophen in flour, which they announced they would no longer use. However, the beverage industry still needs the right stabilizer, and when it is deactivated, companies will look for alternatives to brominated vegetable oils commonly used, including
sucrose acetate isobutyrate
) and
glycerol ester of rosin
).