| FDA tells Melville tea maker to stop using stevia
Federal regulators have warned Melville-based food company Hain Celestial Group Inc. to stop selling certain tea flavors because they contain "an unsafe food additive."
The Food and Drug Administration told the company to stop marketing products containing stevia, an organic sweetener that research has connected to "concerns about control of blood sugar, and effects on the reproductive, cardiovascular and renal systems."
Stevia, which is derived from a South American herb and has many times the sweetness of sugar without any calories, is approved for sale as a dietary supplement -- a market that is less regulated than conventional food.
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'Tea coin' from Assam the latest fad in Canada
Guwahati, Sep 15 (IANS) Tea coin is the latest fad in Canada - dip the coin in hot water and drink your steaming cup of tea, that too without any fears of pesticide residues. The latest value addition to the beverage is the tea coin - two grams of garden fresh organic tea packed in coin shape and then marketed in Canada. And the manufacturers of the much in demand coin are the Singphos of eastern Assam's Margherita area. The Singphos are a tribal community who are believed to have first discovered and drank tea much before the Bruce brothers, Robert and Charles, made public their discovery in 1823 of spotting tea bushes in Assam. Produced in a 15-hectare area involving about 200 local tribal people, the organic tea manufactured under the banner of Singpho Agro Products is packaged in bamboo containers that look like coins.
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