FSSAI under MoFP, how did they permit ASPARTAME in India??

To:- Mr. K.K. Maheshwary, DIA, PIO.,  / Mr. Awdesh Kumar, Nodal Officer/RTI, or incumbent Central Public Information Officer, Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Panchsheel Bhawan, August Kranti Marg, New Delhi - 110049
dtd: 31st of May 2011
Greetings & Jai Hind!!  Most humbly request information under the RTI Act of India, 2005,  please provide me with the following information. THIS INFORMATION IS SOUGHT IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST, AND THERE IS OVER-RIDING PARAMOUNT LARGER PUBLIC INTEREST TO BE GIVEN THE INFORMATION I HAVE ASKED FOR.

 

INFORMATION REQUIRED:-

 

1) Please provide me with information on how the item "artificial sweetener" and/or "aspartame" was permitted to be used in any products under your Ministry's purview, when FSSAI vide their letter Dy. No.L-257/Dir(M)/FSSAI/2011 dated 10th of May 2011 (attached) have clarified that "risk analysis" as required by Indian law was not carried out.

 

2) Please provide me with full information on the specific officials or entities under your Ministry who were or are responsible for the above.

 

3) Please provide me with full information on how green dot is applied by your Ministry in food products containing artificial sweeteners/ASPARTAME when risk analysis has not been done.

 

4) If any of the above said statutory records is not available, the complete details of how it was destroyed / weeded out in each case..

Sent by eMail and signed hard copy, (signed) and humbly submitted,

Veeresh Malik,
D-61, Defence Colony,
New Delhi - 11oo24
(mobile: 00-91-99118-25500)

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