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Review policy promoting diet drinks to children & sweeteners in regular drinks.

Submitted on Wednesday 5th April 2017

Rejected on Wednesday 12th April 2017

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)

Petition Action

Review policy promoting diet drinks to children & sweeteners in regular drinks.

Petition Details

Lack of openness and discussion: insufficient evidence about long-term effects of sweeteners generally, and additional concerns about specific ones for children, namely aspartame – on food labels – and related neotame and advantame, not necessarily listed on the label. Promoted as healthy options!

Additional Information

@Food Matters Live, Nov 2016 a question of concern was blocked: a citation of concerns was removed from Wikipedia: an examination of evidence (inc. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2007;61:691-700 Diabetes Care. 2012;35:1798-808. Am J Clin Nutr. 2013;97(3):517-23.) by Harvard SPH concluded children should not be given beverages where sweeteners have been used: review of 72 studies, pub. Jan.17, PLOS concluded ASBs should not be promoted as part of a healthy diet. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002195


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

Its not clear what policy you are referring to that promotes diet drinks to children, or sweeteners in regular drinks.

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