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In 1987, the US Government Accountability Office concluded that the food additive approval process had been followed for aspartame.<ref name=GAO87>{{Cite web | title = U.S. GAO - HRD-87-46 Food and Drug Administration: Food Additive Approval Process Followed for Aspartame, June 18, 1987 | accessdate = 2008-09-05 | url = http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/info.php?rptno=HRD-87-46 }}</ref> Based on government research reviews and recommendations from advisory bodies such as those listed above, aspartame has been found to be safe for human consumption by more than ninety countries world-wide.<ref name="Health Canada">[[Health Canada]]: {{cite web |url=http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/securit/addit/sweeten-edulcor/aspartame-eng.php |title=Aspartame - Artificial Sweeteners |accessdate=2008-11-08}}</ref><ref name=FSANZ/> |
In 1987, the US Government Accountability Office concluded that the food additive approval process had been followed for aspartame.<ref name=GAO87>{{Cite web | title = U.S. GAO - HRD-87-46 Food and Drug Administration: Food Additive Approval Process Followed for Aspartame, June 18, 1987 | accessdate = 2008-09-05 | url = http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/info.php?rptno=HRD-87-46 }}</ref> Based on government research reviews and recommendations from advisory bodies such as those listed above, aspartame has been found to be safe for human consumption by more than ninety countries world-wide.<ref name="Health Canada">[[Health Canada]]: {{cite web |url=http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/securit/addit/sweeten-edulcor/aspartame-eng.php |title=Aspartame - Artificial Sweeteners |accessdate=2008-11-08}}</ref><ref name=FSANZ/> |
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A June 2008 letter in The Journal of Clinical Nutrition, A. Samuels writes: {{cquote|Aspartame has never been shown to be safe for human consumption. Required safety testing began in 1967. To date, no research outside of the aspartame industry has found aspartame to be safe for human consumption.<ref>http://www.nature.com/ejcn/journal/vaop/ncurrent/abs/ejcn200838a.html European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 11 June 2008; doi: 10.1038/ejcn.2008.38</ref>}} |
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