US acts on diacetyl flavouring and lung disease risk

US Secretary of Labor, Hilda L Solis, has announced the withdrawal of an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) for occupational exposure to food flavourings containing diacetyl. The withdrawal will facilitate the Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s timely development of a standard to protect workers from bronchiolitis obliterans, a serious and potentially fatal lung disease.