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EFSA completes full risk assessment on aspartame and concludes it is safe at current levels of exposure
Aspartame and its breakdown products are safe for human consumption at current levels of exposure, EFSA concludes in its first full risk assessment of this sweetener. To carry out...
Food ingredients and packaging
Aspartame
10 December 2013
Aspartame scientific meeting on 9 April
Registration is open for a follow-up meeting organised by EFSA to engage with all contributing stakeholders and other relevant parties on comments received during the public...
Food ingredients and packaging
Aspartame
4 March 2013
Aspartame re-evaluation extended until May 2013
At the request of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), the European Commission has agreed to extend the timeline for the full re-evaluation of aspartame to May 2013. This will...
Food ingredients and packaging
Aspartame
7 August 2012
EFSA publishes original industry studies on aspartame
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has been given access to over 600 datasets for use in its full re-evaluation of the artificial sweetener aspartame, which is scheduled for...
Food ingredients and packaging
Aspartame
24 November 2011
EFSA receives original studies on aspartame in its public call for data
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has launched a public call for data on the artificial sweetener aspartame (E 951) for consideration in a full re-evaluation to be completed...
Food ingredients and packaging
Aspartame
29 June 2011
EFSA to conduct a full risk assessment of aspartame
Since its establishment, EFSA has provided advice to the European Commission on four occasions relating to the safety of the artificial sweetener aspartame. Each time, the Authority...
Food ingredients and packaging
Aspartame
26 May 2011
EFSA reviews two publications on the safety of artificial sweeteners
In a statement published today, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) concludes that two recent publications on the safety of artificial sweeteners, namely a carcinogenicity...
Food ingredients and packaging
Food additives
Aspartame
28 February 2011
EFSA to issue statement on two studies on safety of artificial sweeteners
EFSA will issue a scientific statement on two recent studies on the safety of artificial sweeteners by the end of February 2011, responding to a request for technical assistance from...
Food ingredients and packaging
Aspartame
7 February 2011
EFSA assesses new aspartame study and reconfirms its safety
The AFC Panel[1] of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has evaluated the new long-term study on the carcinogenicity of aspartame conducted by the European Ramazzini Foundation...
Food ingredients and packaging
Aspartame
4 May 2006
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