- State-designated aspartame producers shall in principle
shift production to other products when moving to a new place, according
to the circular.
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- By controlling production and banning the launch of new
projects, China will exert more efforts to restrict the production and
sale of aspartame, press reports said.
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- A circular issued by The National Development and Reform
Commission (NDR), the State Administration for Industry and Commerce and
the State Environmental Protection Administration highlighted their further
strengthening of China's work on restricting the sale and production of
the widely-used sweetener.
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- State-designated aspartame producers shall in principle
shift production to other products when moving to a new place, according
to the circular. In addition, their reconstruction will not exceed the
state designated one, if they decide to pursue their aspartame operations.
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- Presently, China has five designated aspartame manufacturers
namely: Suzhou Fine Chemicals, Tianjin Northern Foodstuffs, Tianjin Changjie
Chemical, Kaifeng Xinghua Chemical and Shanghai Fuxing Chemical, press
reports said.
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- Reports concluded that the total aspartame production
from the five producers was recorded at 22,850 tons in 2005, of which 19,300
tons was exported.
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