INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY ROUND UP – ASPARTAME IS POSSIBLE CARCINOGEN, SAYS WHO
July 12th, 2023
Major non-sugar sweetener aspartame has been classified as “possibly carcinogenic to humans” by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) joint expert committee on food additives (JECFA). IARC listed aspartame in its ‘IARC Group 2B’ group of substances of potential health concern, which is based on “limited evidence” for carcinogenicity being caused by aspartame in humans, but sufficient evidence it may cause cancer in animals. JECFA has reaffirmed an ...
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