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Cargill Receives Official Notification From FDA Supporting the Safety of Truvia(TM) Rebiana

Date:12/17/2008

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Cargill submitted a GRAS notification to the FDA on May 15, 2008.Prior to this, an independent expert panel convened in March 2008 to review the comprehensive safety dossier for rebiana that also included safety assurance of composition and quality of rebiana. The panel unanimously affirmed that rebiana is safe for its intended use as a general-purpose sweetener. Cargill published all the safety studies for scientific and public comment.

Cargill enlisted leading scientists to design and conduct a rigorous safety evaluation program for Truvia(TM) rebiana - the first such program to test a well-characterized, high-purity form of rebaudioside A. The comprehensive design of the studies and the peer-review process were the foundation of the research program for rebiana. These peer-reviewed, scientific studies, published in the scientific journal Food and Chemical Toxicology establish the safety of Truvia(TM) rebiana. (http://www.truvia.com/media-safety-studies-findings.html) Cargill is the only petitioner to the FDA that has made the safety dossier for rebiana publicly available as part of its GRAS notification.

Stevia is a shrub in the chrysanthemum family that is native to northeastern Paraguay. First discovered by natives of Paraguay, the plant has been grown, harvested and used in South America to sweeten foods and beverages for more than 200 years. The stevia leaf is a good source of natural, zero-calorie sweetness. Due to the fact that there are more than 200 varieties of the stevia plant, all stevia is not the same and stevia products currently on the market vary in their production, composition, purity level and sensory or t
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