No change to EU safety assessments of aspartame

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has concluded two recent publications on the safety of artificial sweeteners do not give reason to reconsider previous safety assessments of aspartame or of other sweeteners authorised in the European Union. The studies include a carcinogenicity study in mice and an epidemiological study on the association between intakes of artificially sweetened soft drinks and increased incidence of pre-term delivery.