State board delays hearings on aspartame

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State board delays hearings on aspartame

Last Update: 01/04/2006 8:49:42 AM

By: Associated Press

SANTA FE (AP) - The state Environmental Improvement Board has postponed

hearings on the artificial sweetener aspartame.

The seven-member board voted unanimously Tuesday to wait for a state

attorney general’s opinion on whether the board has the authority to ban

or place warning labels on products such as aspartame.

The board asked for the opinion on November 9th. The board had planned

to hold five days of hearings in July, but the hearings now have been

delayed until January 2007.

Santa Fe gallery owner Fox has been pushing for a statewide ban

on aspartame. He contends new research suggests aspartame is a toxin

that can harm human health.

A leading manufacturer of aspartame, Ajinomoto USA Incorporated, says

the federally approved substance is safe.

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