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An aspartame labeling amendment was defeated.

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The Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee, after lobbying by the soft-drink industry, defeated a proposal that would have required products containing aspartame to carry labels telling people how much of the artificial sweetener they are consuming. The amendment was offered during consideration of a bill extending for two more years an exemption allowing saccharin to be used in foods, despite animal tests linking that sweetener to bladder cancer.

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