Sign up to our email newsletter for daily updates on what's happening in and around BirminghamSweeteners that have been used in Diet Coke are set to be listed as a potential cancer risk by the World Health Organization, according to reports. Aspartame - which is also used in some chewing gum - is set to be designated as "possibly carcinogenic to humans" by the WHO’s cancer research arm, sources say. A spokesperson for the WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer, which will make the decision said its findings will be confidential until July. Frances Hunt-Wood, of the International Sweeteners Association (ISA), said: "IARC is not a food safety body. "The JECFA is currently conducting a comprehensive food safety review of aspartame and no conclusions can be drawn until both reports are published.

Source: The Star June 29, 2023 15:27 UTC