| Namibia: Sorry Ngo! - Everybody is Going Green, Including Tafel Lager
Everybody is going green. One can say that green is the latest hype doing the rounds. Every one I know has Green Cross shoes, drinks green tea, has a packet of green vitamin herbs next to his desk and bedside, shops at Woolworth's for green organic foodstuffs and takes green lunch at "Medici Bistro and the Bay Leaf Coffee Shop". .
• FDA Warns About Unsafe Sweetener in Herbal Tea
The U.S. Food And Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning to Hain Celestial Group Inc about a potentially unsafe herb used in some of its herbal teas, saying it might be dangerous to blood sugar, reproductive, cardiovascular and renal systems.
The FDA sent a letter to Hain dated August 17, and named the herb, a natural sweetener made from a South American herb called stevia, as an unsafe food additive. The agency released the letter on its Web site on Tuesday. Stevia is being eyed by big beverage makers looking for new low-calorie sweeteners. In May, Coca-Cola Co and Cargill Inc said they would work together to market the new sweetener, despite the lack of FDA approval. Stevia has been approved in a dozen other countries including Japan, China and Brazil. The FDA letter said that although it has received requests to use stevia in food, data and information necessary to support the safe use have been lacking.
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