Ahhhhhh. You need to look at the political side of this to understand what is going on.
There have indeed been supporting comments on aspartame over many years from the FDA. I think one reason it has not been an issue internationally is that aspartame is not a trade "hot button" issue, since there aren't foreign products which have needed to compete with it, and therefore we have no foreign political action groups around to start terror campaigns. Also, aspartame is not a farming or agricultural trade product...which have historically been hot buttons. Moreover, soda with aspartame is labeled as such, which no doubt pleases the Europeans. On the trade issues of milk, beef, and ag plants, the political groups in Europe have keyed on a theme of "evil US company feeds us capitalist food, but doesn't tell us"...unfortunately, aspartame doesn't fit this model since it is labeled.
Did you know there are "food terror" laws in the United States? These were put in place some time ago, having nothing to do with Monsanto.
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Aspartame has certainly had its share of bad press over the last ten years. But why is it that there has been no comment from the FDA and other similar bodies in Western Canada and Europe - or even the WHO? Is there another side to this?
Anyway it was a thought provoking argument and thanks for the posting. |
