Sugar tax to remain in place despite sweetener safety warning, Donnelly says

While acknowledging “measures can have unintended consequences”, he said the sugar tax is “an important measure” against the scourge of “childhood obesity”.

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland said assessments show Irish adults and preschool children are “well below” recommended intake levels for aspartame. Average adult intake is under 8 per cent of the acceptable daily intake, while the intake of preschool children average about 10 per cent. The FSAI pointed to a 2013 risk assessment by the European Food Safety Authority which found aspartame and its breakdown products are safe for human consumption at current levels of exposure.The IARC categorisation of a substance as possibly carcinogenic suggests “there is some evidence that it can cause cancer in humans but at present it is far from conclusive”. It does not take into account how much of a product a person can safely consume.

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