Oh, I say!

hicockalorum:

Yes, Walter, you are right- they are poisoning us.

Potassium bromate has been banned from use in food products in the EU, Canada, Nigeria, Brazil^[3], Peru and some other countries. It was banned in Sri Lanka in 2001^[4] and China in 2005.

In the United States, it has not been banned. The FDA sanctioned the use of bromate before the Delaney clause of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act—which bans potentially carcinogenic substances— went into effect in 1958, so it is more difficult for it to now be banned. Instead, since 1991 the FDA has urged bakers to voluntarily stop using it. InCalifornia a warning label is required when bromated flour is used.