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Saccharin Study and Labeling Act of 1977; Long title: An Act to require studies concerning carcinogenic and other toxic substances in food, the regulation of such food, the impurities in and toxicity of saccharin, and the health benefits, if any, resulting from the use of nonnutritive sweeteners; to prohibit for 18 months the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare from taking certain ...
Saccharin, also called saccharine, benzosulfimide, or E954, or used in saccharin sodium or saccharin calcium forms, is a non-nutritive artificial sweetener. [ 1 ] [ 5 ] Saccharin is a sultam that is about 500 times sweeter than sucrose , but has a bitter or metallic aftertaste , especially at high concentrations. [ 1 ]
After cyclamate was declared safe for consumption in the mid-1950s, the Hermes Company announced their new product, Assugrin, in 1954. [4] More than a decade later, in 1965, Hermes company came up with a mixture of saccharin and cyclamate. It was later introduced to the market under the brand name Assugrin. In that same year, aspartame was ...
The following is a list of chemicals published as a requirement of Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, commonly known as California Proposition 65, that are "known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity" as of January 3, 2020. [1]
Diet Rite was introduced in 1955 and initially released as a dietetic product, but was introduced nationwide and marketed to the general public as a healthful beverage in 1962. The original formula was sweetened with cyclamate and saccharin. [1] After cyclamate was banned in 1969, it was removed from the product.
The bitter aftertaste of saccharin is often minimized by blending it with other sweeteners. Fear about saccharin increased when a 1960 study showed that high levels of saccharin may cause bladder cancer in laboratory rats. In 1977, Canada banned saccharin as a result of the animal research. In the United States, the FDA considered banning ...
Widespread public outcry in the United States, partly communicated to Congress by postage-paid postcards supplied in the packaging of sweetened soft drinks, led to the retention of saccharin, despite its violation of the Delaney clause. [14] However, in 2000, saccharin was found to be carcinogenic in rats due only to their unique urine chemistry.
The IARC Monographs on which this list is based assess the hazard linked to the agents, they do not assess the cancer risk of the agents. [1] The list is up-to-date as of January 2024. [ 2 ]