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India will set its own standards on sweeteners: FSSAI.
Jul 11, 2023
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. Aspartame, an artificial sweetener, is used by soft drinks like Diet Coke, ice-cream and chewing gum. The IARC report is expected to be made available together on July 14, a potential development that could have a cascading impact on the consumption of low-sugar and diet beverages and foods.
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.
'We don't have to go by what the world says..our regulation will be based on what our scientists feel is good for the Indian population, based on risk assessment studies and in consultation with all stakeholders,' he said.
Two months back too, the WHO released conditional guidelines which said that non-sugar sweeteners like aspartame and stevia do not help in weight loss and can increase risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. The WHO had said replacing free sugars with non-sugar sweeteners (NSS) does not help with weight control in the long term, adding that these are not essential dietary factors and have no nutritional value.
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