It is also normal that many European foods are banned in the US. For every discussion I see about how the FDA is crazy for letting Americans consume all these various additives, I see another discussion about how the FDA is crazy for banning $EUROPEAN_FOOD. Unpasteurized milk is one of the more common ones people talk about (along with products made from unpasteurized milk). Kinder eggs were another, but the situation has changed. People also scoff at the American habit of refrigerating eggs (which is fine—the choice to refrigerate or not refrigerate eggs just has to be consistent with the ways eggs are prepared for consumers in your country, and in the US, refrigeration is correct, because of the way eggs are treated).

As a counter: I would strongly recommend people read Derek Lowe's takedown of a lot of these claims: https://corante.com/snake-oil/eight-toxic-foods-a-little-che...

That's inherent any time there's any disagreement in any regulation.

Tonka beans are legal over here, though.

And while this lists a bunch of things we have issues with, there are also a few others that might eventually get allowed, but take a long time. Like monk fruit and alluose.