[PHNUTR-L] State board delays hearings on aspartame

[Kathrynne Holden, MS, RD]

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State board delays hearings on aspartame
Last Update: 01/04/2006 8:49:42 AM
By: Associated Press

SANTA FE (AP) - The state Environmental Improvement Board has postponed 
hearings on the artificial sweetener aspartame.

The seven-member board voted unanimously Tuesday to wait for a state 
attorney general’s opinion on whether the board has the authority to ban 
or place warning labels on products such as aspartame.

The board asked for the opinion on November 9th.  The board had planned 
to hold five days of hearings in July, but the hearings now have been 
delayed until January 2007.

Santa Fe gallery owner Stephen Fox has been pushing for a statewide ban 
on aspartame.  He contends new research suggests aspartame is a toxin 
that can harm human health.

A leading manufacturer of aspartame, Ajinomoto USA Incorporated, says 
the federally approved substance is safe.

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