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Consuming BVO leaves traces in '' on 8 May 2003 , a man who drank eight liters of Ruby Red Squirt daily had a reaction that caused his skin color to turn red and produced Lesion s diagnosed as Bromoderma . The excessive quantities together with the fact that the man had a higher than normal sensitivity to bromine, made this an unusual case.

A Pepsi product website notes that BVO has been used by the soft drink industry since 1931 .


RESTRICTIONS

Standards for Soft Drink s in India prohibit the use of BVO.

Title 21 of the U.S. Code Of Federal Regulations , Sec. 180.30 (21CFR180.30) imposes certain restrictions on the use of BVO as a Food Additive in the United States . BVO is one of four substances that the Food And Drug Administration has defined as interim food additives; the other three are Acrylonitrile Copolymer s, Mannitol , and Saccharin .


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