{"id":353339,"date":"2016-04-04T10:46:51","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T15:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.findlaw-admin.com\/ability-law\/injury\/product-liability\/preventing-lung-disease-in-workers-who-use-or-make-flavorings.html"},"modified":"2024-02-20T12:07:55","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T17:07:55","slug":"preventing-lung-disease-in-workers-who-use-or-make-flavorings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.findlaw.com\/injury\/product-liability\/preventing-lung-disease-in-workers-who-use-or-make-flavorings.html","title":{"rendered":"Food Flavoring Workers and Respiratory Illness: Employee Rights and Legal Options"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Food Flavoring Workers and Respiratory Illness: Employee Rights and Legal Options<\/h1>\n\n
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The chemicals used to create artificial flavors can pose serious health risks to workers who inhale them during production. Preventive measures and regulatory oversight are essential to protect both consumers and employees from harmful exposure.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Many foods contain artificial flavors. For example, when you buy grape bubble gum, there’s a good chance the gum doesn’t have grapes. The same is true for foods containing artificial butter flavoring. These products include an artificial taste signature. Manufacturers use these formulations to represent their respective flavors.<\/p>\n

Artificial flavors apply to more than just junk food. Many traditional dietary staples include synthetic flavoring agents and ingredients. But the U.S. Food and Drug Administration<\/a> (FDA) can only regulate additives that companies in the flavoring industry put in their products. They have no control over naturally occurring chemicals.<\/p>\n

The workers producing food flavoring face health risks. These workers can encounter the following harmful substances daily:<\/p>\n