At 11:14 AM 2/5/2008 -0500, you wrote:
Ode Coyote wrote:
I've seen Stevia products on the shelves as a sweetener, so maybe the
FDA doesn't have to "approve" ...everything??
They DIDN'T "approve it" because they have found no reason to even
think about it.
Now it's worthy OF approval, BECAUSE it wasn't even considered one way
or the other?
Great logic.
It's a food and foods don't get regulated unless there is a good reason
to believe it's harmful.
It's also a natural extract when processed, like Monosodium Glutamate,
accurately labeled as a natural flavoring.
You may believe that MSG is harmful, but..it's also unavoidable.
The question is, how much?
Food packagers can't claim a product to be "MSG free" because almost NO
food has no MSG in it, be it a processed food or completely organic.
They can only claim that no MSG has been added.
(For the record, any monosodium glutamate, or MSG, used ["added"] to
flavor food must be declared on the label as such)
This, due to public concern and common reactions to too much MSG.
The definition of natural flavorunder the Code of Federal Regulations is:
the essential oil, oleoresin, essence or extractive, protein hydrolysate,
distillate, or any product of roasting, heating or enzymolysis, which
contains the flavoring constituents derived from a spice, fruit or fruit
juice, vegetable or vegetable juice, edible yeast, herb, bark, bud, root,
leaf or similar plant material, meat, seafood, poultry, eggs, dairy
products, or fermentation products thereof, whose significant function in
food is flavoring rather than nutritional(21CFR101.22)
So, you see..Stevia HAS been "approved"
OK..as a flavoring, then.
## Sounds more like a legal spat over the definition of " is sweet" vs
"tastes sweet"
Not according to the FDA. This from the FDA website (
http://www.fda.gov/FDAC/features/1999/699_sugar.html )
Apparently a 3,000 year history of people using it as a sweetner without
any problems is not sufficient evidence that it is not deadly.
## Just as "not proven safe and effective" doesn't mean unsafe and
ineffective, having no records or studies over a 3,000 year period doesn't
say a thing about safety over the long term...one way or the other. It
just means that no one has made any connections and the odds are pretty
good that you'll survive long enough to get run over by an elephant or a bison.
"problem" is a relative term.
Ode
That is as it stands today.
Marshall
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