Sweeteners

Format	Author(s)	Title / Description	Date added	Details
	Calorie Control Council	Aspartame Information Center Provides aspartame information and links to other sites with aspartame information.	Feb 10, 2005
	Yoe, Charles	Aspartame Risk Assessment Food Safety Analysis Exercise Annotated tutorial that provides an introduction to food safety assessment.	Jan 29, 2004
	National Toxicology Program, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health	Aspartame: Questions and Answers Web page giving background information on aspartame and providing data from the NTP studies. Publication Date: Friday, July 26, 2002	Aug 23, 2002
	Press and Communication Service, European Commission	Commission Proposes Reduction of Sweetener Cyclamate in Food Announcement regarding the European Commission's Scientific Committee for Food's decision to lower the Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI) for the sweetener cyclamate. As a result, the Commission has proposed to ban the use of cyclamate in foods such as chewing gums and breath-freshening micro-sweets, and to reduce its use in soft drinks. (more) Publication Date: Friday, July 19, 2002	Aug 13, 2002
	Corn Refiners Association, Inc.	Corn Refiners Association National trade association for the U.S. corn refining industry. The website includes an overview of corn refining, publications, and the Corn Capsules newsletter. Of particular value are the links to statistics, including shipments of products by CRA member companies, exports of products from corn, food, seed and industrial use of corn, US per capita sweetener consumption, 1997 Census of Manufacturers NAICS code 311221, US corn production, US corn supply and disappearance, and world corn production, all of which are freely available from the site. (more)	Jul 9, 2002
	United Kingdom Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes	D-Tagatose Documents related to the safety assessment of D-tagatose as a novel food to be marketed in the EU. Deadline: Friday, January 6, 2006 Publication Year: 2005	Jan 6, 2006
	Food Standards Australia New Zealand	D-Tagatose: A Human Health Risk Assessment Risk assessment for the use of D-tagatose in foods. Deadline: Monday, January 9, 2006 Publication Month: June 2004	Jan 9, 2006
	European Stevia Center, Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Biology Department, Faculty of Sciences, Catholic University of Leuven	European Stevia Center Center that promotes and coordinates research related to Stevia, stevioside, and related compounds. The website includes information about Stevia and stevioside, their safety and toxicology, related literature, publications, and more. (more)	Jan 6, 2005
	Food and Drug Administration	Food Additives Permitted for Direct Addition to Food for Human Consumption; Acesulfame Potassium Final rule regarding the use of acesulfame potassium as a general-purpose sweetener and flavor enhancer in food. Publication Date: Wednesday, December 31, 2003	Jan 7, 2004
	Food and Drug Administration	Food Labeling; Health Claims; Dietary Noncariogenic Carbohydrate Sweeteners and Dental Caries Proposed rule to authorize sucralose to be eligible for the health claim relating noncariogenic sweeteners and nonpromotion of dental caries. (more) Deadline: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 Publication Date: Friday, May 13, 2005	May 16, 2005
	Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives	Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives Sixty-fifth Meeting (Food Additives): Geneva, 7-16 June 2005: List of Substances Scheduled for Evaluation and Request for Data Call for toxicological, technological, and intake data on the food additives to be evaluated at this meeting. Deadline: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 Event Date: Tuesday, October 19, 2004	Oct 19, 2004
	Scientific Panel on Food Additives, Flavourings, Processing Aids and Materials in Contact with Food, European Food Safety Authority	Neotame as a sweetener and flavour enhancer - Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Food Additives, Flavourings, Processing Aids and Materials in Contact with Food Opinion adopted on September 27, 2007 regarding the safety of neotame as a sweetener and flavor enhancer. Publication Date: Wednesday, November 14, 2007	Nov 16, 2007
	United Kingdom Food Standards Agency	New Sweetener Regulations Come Into Force News release regarding new regulations that grant temporary authorization to market the sweetener salt of aspartame-acesulfame in the UK. (more) Publication Date: Wednesday, June 11, 2003	Jun 16, 2003
	Scientific Panel on Food Additives, Flavourings, Processing Aids and Materials in Contact with Food, European Food Safety Authority	Opinion of the AFC Panel Related to Maltitol Syrup E 965(ii) New Production Process - Change of Specification Opinion adopted on April 19, 2006 regarding a new production method for the food additive maltitol syrup (E965ii) used as a sweetener. (more) Deadline: Thursday, May 25, 2006 Publication Date: Friday, May 19, 2006	May 25, 2006
	Health and Consumer Protection Directorate-General, European Commission	Opinion of the Scientific Committee on Food: Update on the Safety of Aspartame Report of the committee regarding recent data regarding aspartame. Concludes "there is no evidence to suggest that there is a need to revise the outcome of the earlier risk assessment or the ADI previously established for aspartame". (more) Publication Date: Tuesday, December 10, 2002	Feb 10, 2005
	Scientific Panel on Food Additives, Flavourings, Processing Aids and Materials in Contact with Food, European Food Safety Authority	Opinion of the Scientific Panel AFC Related to a New Long-term Carcinogenicity Study on Aspartame Report reviewing a recent carcinogenicity study of aspartame. Deadline: Thursday, May 11, 2006 Publication Date: Friday, May 5, 2006	May 11, 2006
	French Food Safety Agency	Opinion on a Possible Link Between the Exposition to Aspartame and the Incidence of Brain Tumours in Humans This report includes discussion of the toxicity of aspartame and the exposure of French consumers to aspartame. Also available in French. (more) Publication Date: Tuesday, May 7, 2002	Jul 30, 2002
	Synovate	Qualitative Signpost Labelling Refinement Research Report of Findings Report of a qualitative consumer study on issues related to the use of two signposting formats for front of pack signpost labeling of foods. Formats evaluated were Multiple Traffic Lights and Color-coded GDA. Appendices include the discussion guide. (more) Deadline: Thursday, November 17, 2005 Publication Month: November 2005	Nov 17, 2005
	Synovate	Quantitative Evaluation of Alternative Food Signposting Concepts Report of Findings Report of a study on the performance of and consumer preference for four different signposting options for front of pack food labeling and other related consumer research. Appendices include "Signposting Concepts," "Products and Nutrients Included in the Research and Nutrient Content Profile of Products," "Food Categories About Which Respondents Were Asked Whether Would Like to See Signposting On," "Questionnaire," and more. (more) Deadline: Thursday, November 17, 2005 Publication Month: November 2005	Nov 17, 2005
	Haley, Stephen; Reed, Jane; Lin, Biing-Hwan; Cook, Annetta	Sweetener Consumption in the United States: Distribution by Demographic and Product Characteristics Report on U.S. sweetener consumption by income and demographic characteristics and by food products in which the sweeteners are consumed. Includes as an appendix "USDA Sweetener Data Sources". (more) Deadline: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 Publication Month: August 2005	Aug 24, 2005

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