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Coz Corn Oil (Distillers Corn Oil)

Level 4Significant concerns

Coz Corn Oil (Distillers Corn Oil) is a other additive listed in the FDA food-additive database.

Also: distillers corn oil

Where you'll see it

potentially in US food labelled simply 'corn oil'

What the research says

Industrial corn oil extracted from ethanol-biofuel corn mash containing antibiotics and other additives — previously only allowed in livestock feed. Corn Oil ONE attempted to enter the human food supply via GRAS self-determination using an 80-page submission with two unpublished studies and four company-convened experts; their submitted 'molecular structure of corn oil' was actually the structure of the HIV drug Lopinavir, included by mistake. When FDA raised concerns, the company simply withdrew the application — and is free to put COZ into food anyway. [ultra-processed-people] Industrial corn oil extracted from ethanol-biofuel corn mash containing antibiotics and other additives — previously only allowed in livestock feed. Corn Oil ONE attempted to enter the human food supply via GRAS self-determination using an 80-page submission with two unpublished studies and four company-convened experts; their submitted 'molecular structure of corn oil' was actually the structure of the HIV drug Lopinavir, included by mistake. When FDA raised concerns, the company simply withdrew the application — and is free to put COZ into food anyway.

Regulatory status

  • Notes: From enrichment source only, not in Winter Dictionary

Sources

  • Ultra-Processed People (van Tulleken)Chapter 15: Dysregulatory bodies: The corn oil on your kitchen counter, or listed as an ingredient in your lunch, may well have been produced using a technology that leaves it full of unlicensed additives and antibiotics