I wish I would have been born in the 1700's! Everything would be
natural!
On Feb 23, 5:07 pm, "Sumerian.." <[email protected]> wrote:
> FDA bans natural sweetner just to convince Rumsfeld who is getting a
> commision from sales of Asparatum.
>
> Stevia is natural and Japan in addition to 10 more countries consumes it even
> with Coca Cola. so what is special about USA?
> S1000+
> =============http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevia
> JAPAN:
> In the early 1970s, Japan began cultivating stevia as an alternative to
> artificial sweeteners such as cyclamate and saccharin, which are suspected
> carcinogens.
>
> SE ASIA:
> Today, stevia is cultivated and used in food elsewhere in east Asia,
> including in ChinaKorea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Malaysia. It can also be found
> in Saint Kitts and Nevis, in parts of South America (Brazil, Colombia, Peru,
> Paraguay, and Uruguay)
> (since 1984),
>
> USA:
>
> In 1991, at the request of an anonymous complaint, the United States Food and
> Drug Administration
> (FDA) labeled stevia as an "unsafe food additive" and restricted its
> import. The FDA's stated reason was "toxicological information on
> stevia is inadequate to demonstrate its safety."[50]
> This ruling was controversial, as stevia proponents pointed out that
> this designation violated the FDA's own guidelines under which any
> natural substance used prior to 1958 with no reported adverse effects
> should be generally recognized as safe (GRAS).
> Stevia occurs naturally, requiring no patent
> to produce it. As a consequence, since the import ban in 1991,
> marketers and consumers of stevia have shared a belief that the FDA
> acted in response to industry pressure.
> ( 1991: Bush in power)
>
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> S1000+
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