Crunch time looms for smoky bacon crisps as EU bans potentially cancerous flavouring

The EU Commission cannot say what a safe level is, or how many bags of crisps people can eat. Photo: Getty

Eilish O'Regan

Irish people love their spud in all its forms, and while cheese and onion crisps might be our favourite, we are also very partial to the snack in smoky bacon flavour.

So it is little wonder there has been protest at a decision by the European Commission to ban some forms of smoke flavouring, impacting not just crisps but also some meats such as ham.