Beloved crisp flavour could be banned

The European Commission has proposed banning this crisp flavour over potential cancer risks.

We could soon be saying goodbye to the beloved smoky bacon-flavoured crisps.

The European Commission has proposed banning the flavour after discovering it may pose a potential cancer risk.

Ireland has voted in favour of this proposal, using their vote as a country in the European Council. 

Business Editor Joe Lynham has taken a look into the proposal and spoke with NewsTalk to clear up any misconceptions this motion may have caused, saying, “The European Commission basically had given a derogation towards smoke-flavoured food.”

Putting many people’s concerns of losing their favourite smoked foods to bed, he added, “In other words, it’s not necessarily smoked salmon and stuff that is genuinely smoked and smoked fish. But this is the flavouring that is created artificially and put into some food, notably crisps.”

The ban is slowly being implemented, with manufacturers having between two and five years to find suitable alternatives to the artificial flavouring.