The additive is found thousands of products including ice cream and chewing gum
A sweetener commonly added to diet fizzy drinks is to be listed as posing a possible cancer risk to humans by the World Health Organisation , according to reports.
The IARC safety review was conducted to assess whether or not aspartame is a potential hazard, based on all the published evidence, but does not take into account how much of a product a person can safely consume, according to reports. ISA secretary general Frances Hunt-Wood said: “IARC is not a food safety body. The World Health Organisation’s Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives is currently conducting a comprehensive food safety review of aspartame and no conclusions can be drawn until both reports are published.
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