Drinks: Artificial Sweeteners
(asked on 18th October 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to review the regulation of sweeteners in drink products.
This question was answered on 24th October 2023
Sweeteners are food additives that require authorisation from Ministers before they can be used. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has responsibility for the safety of food additives and advises Ministers on the authorisation of new additives and/or changes to additive provisions, based on a rigorous scientific safety assessment. The FSA currently has no plans to review the use of sweeteners in drink products, based on the current scientific evidence.