- GMO Food Additives to be Introduced Without Full Safety
Appraisal reads the announcement, but you'll have to read it 3 times to
figure out what it says, which is essentially: Untested poisons being released
by Ajinomoto.
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- They proclaim that food additives MSG and aspartame have
been judged to be safe by the Expert Committee for Genetically Modified
Foods.
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- Who judged the Expert Committee to be valid, and WHO
PAYS THEM?
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- If GM foods need approval, then aspartame, which is produced
by a genetically modified process, has never been proven to
be safe from the GM standpoint, and has been used for decades without GM
approval. In fact, aspartame itself has never been proven to be safe.
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- The FDA Board of Inquiry revoked the petition for approval
awaiting the signature of FDA Commissioner, Dr. Jere Goyan. FDA
had tried to have the manufacturer, G. D. Searle, indicted for fraud. Both
US Prosecutors hired on with the defense team and the statute of limitations
expired.
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- The mighty Don Rumsfeld, then CEO of the aspartame producer,
G. D. Searle applied his Illinois style (Think grafting Governor Blagojevich)
political muscle to put aspartame on the market. He was on Reagan's
transition team. At 3AM of the night after Ronald Reagan's
inauguration stalwart FDA Commissioner Dr. Jere Goyan was fired and Arthur
Hayes was appointed the new FDA Commissioner. . Reagan wrote
an executive order making the FDA powerless to do anything on aspartame
until he got Hayes there. Hayes then sprinkled holy water on aspartame
after which time he got a sweet job in the aspartame biz.
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- Dr. Bill Deagle blew the whistle on how aspartame is
genetically-engineered. He said:
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- Most people when asked how Aspartame is made do not have
the first step of understanding. While an E.R. doctor and primary
care physician in Augusta, GA in 1987 and 1988, I was told a number of
interesting facts about the adjacent Aspartame factory. Bacteria with genes
inserted generate a sludge which is centrifuged to remove the aspartame
and many hundreds of contaminant organic and amino acids are present. We
were told not to report illness or worker's compensation issues for fear
of being fired by the hospital, now the Augusta Regional Medical Center.
Many of their employees presented with psychiatric, neuropathy conditions,
chronic fatigue and organic cases of loss of cognitive function. This powder
from the dried sludge was then transported for packaging in factories elsewhere
in the US, before sale as Equal and now the myriad of names of this neurotoxin."
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- So, over two decades ago aspartame was being genetically
engineered. Not only is aspartame genetically engineered, but FDA
knew it was used as a placebo in pharma studies before it was approved.
That's illegal because placebos are suppose to be inert. This
deceit made MSG appear harmless. Both chemicals, monosodium glutamate and
aspartame, are excitotoxic and produce the identical pathologic reactions.
So the manufacturer could report to FDA that MSG is safe as the placebo.
That's a con mans game, one bad check for another! Neurosurgen Russell
Blaylock, M.D. detailed the mutual toxicity of those chemicals in his book
"Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills".
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- Jack Samuels, Truth In Labeling Campaign President,
reviewed FDA records of a study about amino acid supplements and found
a 3/22/91 letter from Andrew G. Ebert, PhD, Chairman, International Glutamate
Technical Committee , -a glutamate industry organization-in which Ebert
admitted that aspartame had been used since at least l978 in test and placebo
materials that his organization provided to scientists who study the safety
of MSG.
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- Some subjects reacted to both MSG and the placebo, so
the researchers concluded MSG is just as safe as the placebo and any reactions
had nothing to do with MSG. The reactions were ignored, and MSG got a pass.
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- If you compared arsenic to strychnine you could decide
theyre equally safe. Just ignore the dead bodies! After Jack Samuels
publicized this fraud the Federation of American Societies for Experimental
Biology in its July 1993 report on the safety of MSG in food, concluded
that aspartame, as a placebo is inappropriate.
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- With this admission that aspartame was used as the placebo
in MSG studies since 1978, all studies showing the safety of MSG because
of this can no longer be considered valid, and should be thrown out. Any
future studies should be done by independent scientists since fraud has
been established. Furthermore, aspartame was not approved
until 1981 so if you put this in prospective, they are guilty of using
a product without FDA approval, but with their knowledge. Even
at the time this was found FDA did nothing and made no issue of it so it
could be swept under the table, and hopefully forgotten. Not even
a slap on the wrist. Is this practice continuing?
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- Since aspartame was marketed the FDA lets aspartame makers
do what they want. This is the same FDA that once asked the Department
of Justice to prosecute the NutraSweet manufacture for submitting fraudulent
tests, The article below reveals:
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- "That was why the Food Safety Commission has published
a Directive for safety assessment of food additives which are produced
using genetically modified micro-organisms and which are highly refined
and have non-protein characteristics, including amino acids . and which
are produced using genetically modified micro--organisms".
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- Ajinomoto will never reveal how they brew the witches
potion; if they did you'd avoid it like the plague!
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- Its now known planet wide how deadly aspartame is, and
the manufacturers know their days are numbered, so Ajinomoto has
written they will change the name of aspartame to AminoSweet. Think A MEAN
SWEET. MSG's bad name is also now concealed under descriptions like hydrolyzed
vegetable protein, yeast, malt flavoring, yeast extract, textured protein,
etc.
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- They invent multiple ways to deceive. Stuart Pape, head
of the National Yogurt Assn, petitioned the FDA to allow aspartame, unlabeled,
in yogurt and dairy products. This is clearly against the law, which requires
a PKU warning to protect phenylketonurics from the possibly fatal reactions
they experience from phenylalanine, 50% of aspartame. The dishonorable
Pape once headed the National Soft Drink Assn. Read their powerful protest
against aspartame in the 1985 Congressional Record. Later the soda
pop makers actually lobbied for the poison. http://www.mpwhi.com/open_letter_dick_adamson.htm
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- As to the labeling issue, the article discusses Tryptophan.
An informant told me the reason the 38 people died was that the product
was marketed by a chemical company who genetically engineered the product
and it was chock full of excitotoxins. Had it been labeled genetically
engineered no health food store would have bought the product and those
victims would probably still be alive. The whole point of this issue
is that the manufacturers know if something is labeled GM the public wont
buy it. Since the population at large fights against genetically
engineered foods and don't want anything to do with them, the only resource
of the manufacturer is to use their influence with government agencies
to make sure their product is not labeled to keep the public in the dark.
Otherwise, they couldn't sell their potion.
- In 1999 I faxed to the Independent in the UK the formula
on aspartame from the Miwon web site. After being exposed the page
came down but I had already printed it out and it clearly showed the bacteria
genetically engineered. It was not only published on the front page
of the Independent but over the Royal Wedding. http://www.wnho.net/gmbacteria.htm
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- Monsanto came up with this excuse: "A
Monsanto spokeswoman confirmed that aspartame for the US market is often
made using genetic engineering. But sweetener supplied to British food
producers is not. However, consumer groups say it is likely that some low-calorie
products containing genetically engineered aspartame have been imported
into Britain."
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- Here is an excellent article on aspartame and its isolates:
http://www.wnho.net/aspartame_brain_damage.htm
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- The following article details how MSG and Aspartame will
be labeled:
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- "In the current food-labeling legislation, the former
would be labeled only as "amino acid and others" and would be
used as a food additive in many foods. The latter would be labeled
only as aspartame, which is classified as an artificial sweetener. None
of these will need to be labeled as GMO or otherwise identified as genetically
modified under the current rules."
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- When a criminal changes names to hide his identity its
called an alias. Now you get the picture! The aspartame industry
should remember the words of Mohammed Ali, You can run but you cant hide.
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- Dr. Betty Martini, D.Hum, Founder
- Mission Possible International
- 9270 River Club Parkway
- Duluth, Georgia 30097
- www.mpwhi.com, www.dorway.com, www.wnho.net
- Aspartame Toxicity Center, www.holisticmed.co/aspartame
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- GMO Food Additives To Be Introduced
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- Without Full Safety Appraisal
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- Will Be Labeled Only As Amino Acids And Other Things
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- From Consumer's Union Of Japan
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- On September 14, 2009, two new food additives from Ajinomoto
were judged to be safe by the Expert Committee for Genetically Modified
Food and Others at the Food Safety Commission (FSC). The appraisal was
open for public comments and it seems likely that the two novel amino acids
will be approved by the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Labour by the end
of November. So far, several GMO food additives have been approved, but
they were basically used for food processing, as in the case of enzymes
like alpha amylase for improved productivity. There have been no cases
of GMO food additives that are used directly as seasoning as is the case
of amino acids. Thus, when Ajinomoto first submitted these GMO products,
there were no established method for safety appraisal.
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- That was why the Food Safety Commission has published
a Directive for safety assessment of food additives which are produced
using genetically modified micro-organisms and which are highly refined
and have non-protein characteristics, including amino acids. (Many studies
have verified that the process of genetic engineering can produce unpredicted
toxins or allergens.)
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- The two GMO food additives FSC Expert Committee judged
as safe are L-Glutamic Acid Sodium (GLU-No. 2 strain) and Aspartame-L-Fenylalanin
PHA-No. 2 strain). In the current food-labeling legislation, the former
would be labeled only as amino acid, and others and would be used as a
- food additive in many foods. The latter would be labeled
only as Aspartame which is classified as an artificial sweetener. None
of these will need to be labeled as GMO or otherwise identified as genetically
modified under the current rules. For what purpose is genetic engineering
used in the production of these chemicals?
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- In the human gut, there are a number of different bacteria,
including E Coli. These help to digest the protein we eat, be it fish or
meat or other sources, by breaking them down to amino acids, making it
possible for the body to absorb them from the intestine. At Ajinomoto Co.,
Inc. they figured out how to make use of this mechanism, using artificially
cultured bacteria in large tanks. Presumably, by using GMO bacteria, they
claim they can increase the productivity of the bacteria. However, for
all of those who are thinking about food, this latest development for the
purpose of improving production cannot be regarded as safe. Was there something
wrong with the former production methods?
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- We remember the tryptophan affair when many people fell
ill and some died due to the production methods, at a time when tryptophan
was sold as a supplement. L-Tryptophan is also an amino acid that can be
produced using bacteria. This incident was caused by Showa Denko Co. in
1988 and 1989 and most victims were Americans. 38 people died and more
than 6,000 people fell ill. The cause was identified as several impurities,
which were found only in the product made by Showa Denko. The harmful impurities
had begun to appear when genetic engineering was introduced in the production
process, and they had not been eliminated from the final mixture. It was
shown that this was possibly the reason the final product had become so
harmful to humans.
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- It is clear that consumers will be paying a high price
for the lack of thorough examination of how and why the tryptophan incident
happened. Before GMO food additives are approved, their safety must be
carefully appraised. At the moment, the Food Safety Commission has not
been able to convince us that this is the case.
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