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The Indian government will set its own standards on artificial sweeteners such as aspartame and does not have to do what international agencies say, a top official of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) said...
"We don't have to follow the West or East as India is in a powerful situation..we are working on what the effect of consuming aspartame or other sweeteners can have on the Indian population," FSSAI Advisor HS Oberoi said on Thursday, while addressing a conclave by the Indian Beverages Association (IBA), which represents Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Red Bull and Dabur among other beverage companies...
Last week, Reuters reported that the World Health Organisation (WHO)'s cancer research arm, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), will publish a report that aspartame could be declared a possible cancer risk to humans..
Oberoi said the FSSAI will define guidelines and thresholds of usage of artificial sweeteners based on its own risk assessment studies and in consultation with all stakeholders, including foods and beverages companies, scientists and government agencies...
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