Food additives is going to be the next scape-goat for parents with poorly managed children! Though they might be a problem for a small minority of children, all behaviourial issues do not lead to food additives...Britain and the world have been watching "Supernanny" and we have witnessed little demons turned to little angels all through proper discipline! Too many parents try to manage their children through offering treats to pacify them and their poor results in the main will not have been due to the food additives but the whole process of rewarding poor behaviour. Please let's not loose sight of these facts! Take responsibility and don't find another thing to blame...

Ryan, Durban, South Africa

If artificial additives harm children, then they must harm adults too. I don't see how additives can discriminate between adults and children. I wish they were all banned.
It would make my shopping trips to the supermarket far simpler, as presently I scrutinise the ingredients, and if there are E numbers in it, or chemicals with names like: "Potassium Sorbate", "Sodium Metabisulphate", "Sodium Nitrate", "Sulphur Dioxide", or "Di-glycerides of Fatty Acids", etc., then I simply won’t buy it. Period.

Martin Fendt, London, UK

Food manufacturers must be compelled to stop putting these dangerous substances into or food. There is no point asking them to stop as they have clearly shown that the only thing they are interested in in profit, this statement is born out by the fact that they keep telling us that the EU allows these substances in foods yet it has been known for many years now that these substances are dangerous to health. The Food Standards Agency should be disbanded because they steadfastly refuse to do anything and keep coming up with the same lame excuse. Truth is this government and the FSA are just not interested in the public's health.

It's a real disgrace and adds fuel to the argument to get out of this failed EU project and a change of government of course.

d case, newquay,

sausages and other pork products are preserved with sodium nitrate and sodium nitrite and these are known carcinogens and can cause (in my father) him to go numb and pass out.

sue, maldon,

It is not just the food that children eat.Additives and preservatives are put in most food.In popcorn now it has lactose. They say that fruit and vegetables are healthy.That is still only to a certain limit.You dont know what any food has got in it. You cant even eat a chocolate cake that tastes the same.Things like that have got about 16 lines of ingredients. If you eat chicken it has got half a pint of fat in it.There is lots of things that you can watch that shows you what happens to the food and what is added. The government knows all about this and what things get put in food. Another thing like smoking they say is bad for you.Too me that is total crap. I have more people that dont smoke are ill.The government spray more shit in the air at night when people dont look which has got chemicals and you inhale that crap. You dont see or hear about any of the mps or parliment people ill.They get given certain stuff to survive and dont go through hell in life with illnesses.

jenny, wales, England

If parents took the wellbeing of their children seriously and refrained from buying foodstuffs containing the problematic E-Numbers the lack of sales would rapidly persuade the manufacturers not to make and supply them any more. It's that simple, and requires no government intervention. For those parents who haven't got the time to check these things, it's about time for them to do so.

Charles Smyth, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Hello:
How have you managedclimb out of you antedeluvial cave? Mr. Brown has a pretty good handle on the devastating effects that food additives have on young children.

As long as 60 years ago a man named Carlton Fredricks (Phd. in nutrition) risked his reputation, and perhaps life and limb, when addressing this issue. This was at a time that, other that some food coloring, very few additives were used. At that time a Pediatrition and a nutritionist made the lecture tour on Radio talking about the negative effects of the additives and sugar on children. They suggested that if parents were concerned about the behavior of their offspring they should substitute fresh vegetables and fruits instead of prepared baby foods and anything with food coloring or additives. The results were that an unexpectedly high percent of children had a substantial improvement in their symptoms.

Mr Brown is right, the food industry is really adulterating the whole food supply with unheathy chemicals.

Joseph Edelman, Sarasota, Florida, USA

thats is wonderful. i wish america would get on that band wagon. 73% of our food is genetically modified and we dont even know it becuase we are not required to put that on the food labels.

marissa, new haven, connecticut, USA

If Mr Brown is demanding the removal of some additives, shouldn't that be "Brown's plea for FEWER additives in food"?

Arthur494, Guildford, Surrey

It's fairly irresponsible to list Chorizo sausage in this list. While some chorizo sausages contain additives such as these, most do not. Now some people may avoid sausages that are fine, hurting some sausage producers who have done no wrong.

Palle Hoffstein, Vancouver, BC