FDA Continues Criminalization of Natural Sweetener

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FDA CONTINUES CRIMINALIZATION OF NATURAL SWEETENER

The FDA is threatening the Hain Celestial Group for using the natural sweetener

stevia in its tea products. According to the FDA, stevia has not been approved

as a food and therefore the Celestial products can not be labeled as a " tea " .

Stevia, a natural sweetener derived from South America, is widely used as a

natural zero calorie sweetener in countries around the world, including Brazil,

Canada, China and Japan. But the FDA, under pressure from corporate profiteering

of synthetic sweeteners like aspartame, has been stalling on approving stevia

for over a decade. Hain Celestial Group responded to the FDA threats and said

the company would remove the term " iced tea mix " from all labels of the products

in question and highlight the words " herbal supplement " . Learn more:

http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_10064.cfm

 

 

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