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To: Cavalry who wrote (1679)	8/25/1998 8:01:00 PM
From: marcos	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 26163

She smells a rat, Cav, and she has a history of accurately detecting these things. My impression is that the FDA banned Stevia as a 'food additive'. Now if the company's product is palatable and safe and saleable, and if they can present it as strictly a dietary supplement (thus avoiding FDA regs almost entirely), and if they can get a supply chain going, and if they can market it effectively, and if the competition doesn't overtake them before they get their heads above water, then they might have a chance at surviving, imho. And each investor's evaluation of those 'ifs' will affect their decision as to whether or not to buy into the currently 100,000,000+US$ market cap. I'll just be over here in the cheap seats, watching with beer and popcorn in hand. .... cheers

To: Cavalry who wrote (1679)	8/25/1998 8:48:00 PM
From: Janice Shell	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 26163

I thought my point was very clear indeed. Or rather points. 1. As I understand it, stevia isn't in any way harmful. It's an effective sweetener. If you use a lot, it has a slight licorice aftertaste. It's been thoroughly tested in Japan and is used as an additive to many foods there. 2. For whatever reasons, in the US the FDA approves stevia for sale as a "dietary supplement" but not as a food or beverage additive. 3. If "Touch of Nature" is in fact made of stevia, or contains stevia, it will not qualify for use as a food additive. Even if it isn't made of stevia, but of another similar substance, I should think the same rules would apply. So bye-bye Monsanto et al. 4. If "Touch of Nature" does indeed contain stevia, then AZNT is misrepresenting the product in its press releases, and we all know where THAT gets you, don't we? Is there anything here you don't understand?