Aspartame Docket #02P-0317From: Stangle, Meagan [MStangle@kellencompany.com]
Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 4:08 PM
To: Dockets, FDA
Subject: Aspartame Docket #02P-0317

Attachments: EFSA.pdf

In a recent review of the safety of aspartame, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) stated in a press release: 

    "In its opinion published today, the Panel concluded, on the basis of all the evidence currently available, that there is no need to further review the safety of aspartame nor to revise the previously established Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI) for aspartame (40 mg/kg/body weight).”  

In addition, EFSA noted: 

    “Extensive investigations have been carried out on aspartame and its breakdown products through experimental animal and human studies, intake studies and post-marketing surveillance. In addition to a number of safety evaluations conducted in the past, the Scientific Committee on Food (SCF) carried out a review of all original and more recent studies on aspartame in 2002 and reconfirmed that aspartame is safe for human consumption.”

EFSA is the keystone of European Union (EU) risk assessment regarding food and feed safety. In close collaboration with national authorities and in open consultation with its stakeholders, EFSA provides independent scientific advice and clear communication on existing and emerging risks.

For your reference and convenience this information has been attached in PDF form. 



Respectfully submitted, 

Lyn O’Brien Nabors 
President 
Calorie Control Council 
May 19, 2006 

<<EFSA.pdf>>