date:Feb 16, 2013
, and to require those limits to be phased in over several years. The petition does not propose a specific safe level, but noted that several health agencies identified two-and-a-half teaspoons (10 grams) as a reasonable limit in a healthier drink.
In 1982 and in 1988, the F.D.A. said it would undertake a new safety determination if sugar consumption increased, or if new scientific evidence indicated a public health hazard. Both of those conditions have been met, according to the C.S.P.I.
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