No Food Safety Risk from Stevia Sweeteners, Says FSANZ
There are no public health or food safety issues posed by popular non-nutritive sweetener steviol glycosides, according to a risk assessment conducted by Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ). Steviol glycosides are an intense sweetener used to replace sugar in foods that are typically extracted from the leaves of the Stevia plant, although they can be produced through other methods as well.
The Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code states that, when added to food, steviol glycosides must be declared in the ingredient list by the appropriate food additive class name followed by the code number or name in brackets. There are three approved ways to produce steviol glycosides in Australia and New Zealand: