Food and Drug Administration: Food Additive Approval Process Followed for Aspartame

摘要

The GAO has reviewed the Food and Drug Administrations's (FDA) process for approving aspartame--a sweetener marketed under the brand name NutraSweet. The report discusses FDA's (1) process for approving aspartame, (2) review of the scientific issues raised concerning the aspartame studies, and (3) monitoring of current safety concerns on aspartame. GAO did not evaluate the scientific issues raised concerning the studies used for aspartame's approval or FDA's resolution of these issues, nor did they determine aspartame's safety. However, they did send a questionnaire to researchers to obtain their views on aspartame's safety and information on aspartame's research. These results are included.