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EU Food Safety Group: Aspartame Safe at Current Consumption Levels

By Cathy Siegner on December 11, 2013

After completing its “first full risk assessment” of aspartame and associated breakdown products, a European Union food-safety group has concluded that the controversial artificial sweetener is safe for human consumption at current levels of exposure.
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Comment Period on Labeled Sweeteners in Milk Ends Tonight

By News Desk on May 21, 2013

The public comment period for new labeling rules on flavored milk an 17 other dairy products will end May 21 at 11:59 p.m. eastern time, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposal posted …
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Comment Period for EU Aspartame Assessment Drawing to a Close

By Gretchen Goetz on February 11, 2013

Last month, the European Union’s food safety body published its long-awaited safety assessment of the controversial artificial sweetener aspartame, deeming the substance not dangerous to human health. Comments on the document will be accepted through…
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European Review of Aspartame Put Off Until 2013

By News Desk on August 22, 2012

Next month’s promised release of a new “full re-evaluation” of the sweetener aspartame is not going to happen until at least May 2013. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) asked for the extra time, and…
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Europe Re-Evaluates Aspartame Studies

By Dan Flynn on November 29, 2011

The European Food Safety Authority is moving up a review of the artificial sweetener aspartame originally scheduled for 2020.  In doing so, EFSA will be writing another chapter in one of the longest running controversies…
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