The Food and Drug Authority confirmed that the issuance of the report of the International Agency for Cancer Research classifying the artificial sweetener “aspartame” as a possible carcinogen within (group 2B), according to the agency’s classification, is a possibility and not conclusive evidence, indicating that the classification (2B) means the absence of scientific evidence and evidence. sufficient to cause cancer in humans and experimental animals.
The authority stated that the joint expert committee between the Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Health Organization on food additives confirmed today that “the data that were subjected to evaluation do not indicate that there is sufficient reason to adjust the specific daily intake rate, which ranges from 0 to 40 milligrams per kilogram of body weight.” The body”, stressing that it is safe to use within these limits, and exceeding these limits is equivalent to consuming 9 to 14 cans of soft drinks containing 200 or 300 milligrams of “aspartame” per day for an adult weighing 70 kg, assuming that there is no other intake. from other food sources.
The Food and Drug Authority clarifies that it has conducted many scientific assessments on the safety of the substance during the past years, which included reviewing all scientific assessments from international organizations and international bodies concerned with food safety control and sharing information and research with those authorities, which proved that there are no concerns related to “aspartame”. Pointing out that “aspartame” has been used for more than 40 years, and is found in more than six thousand products in various countries of the world, and there is no scientific evidence or evidence proving the danger of its consumption according to the recommended limits not to be exceeded.
The authority indicated that the International Agency for Research on Cancer classifies disease-causing according to four groups, as (Group A) is considered to be carcinogenic to humans and there is scientific evidence to prove this, while (Group 2A) indicates a high probability of causing cancer with the lack of sufficient scientific evidence and evidence. To cause cancer in humans, and the presence of sufficient scientific evidence to prove that it causes cancer in experimental animals, in what is meant by (B2) that there is a low probability of causing cancer with the absence of sufficient scientific evidence and evidence to cause cancer in humans and experimental animals, and group (3) which means that it does not cause In cancer, because there is no scientific evidence to prove that it causes cancer in humans and experimental animals.
The Food and Drug Administration stressed its concern for the safety of all products subject to its supervision and continuous re-evaluation, and monitoring of everything related to the safety of food products globally through the Authority’s Rapid Alert Center.
