據(jù)美國聯(lián)邦公報消息，6月15日美國聯(lián)FDA發(fā)布通告稱，苯乙烯信息和研究中心（SIRC）提出申請，要求修訂食品添加劑條例，禁止苯乙烯作為合成調(diào)味物質(zhì)與增味劑。本次征求意見截止2016年8月15日。

　　部分原文報道如下：

　　The Food and Drug Administration （FDA or we） is announcing that we have filed a petition, submitted by the Styrene Information and Research Center （SIRC）， requesting that we amend our food additive regulations to no longer provide for the use of styrene as a synthetic flavoring substance and adjuvant in food because these uses of styrene have been abandoned.

　　原文鏈接：

　　<https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2016/06/15/2016-14107/styrene-information-and-research-center-filing-of-food-additive-petition>