The International Stevia Council Publishes Two New Useful Tools

“The second tool establishes harmonized definitions of terms that are commonly used when speaking about stevia. These terms range from technical/regulatory terms but also very general terms used in packages for products with stevia. The terms can be viewed as well as the brochure can be downloaded on the ISC website and visitors will find it easy to navigate from one term to another.

The ISC believes this tool will be useful to many different audiences; for example health care professionals can look for technical information, consumers can get accustomed to the linguistic definitions and industry professionals can find the exact definitions of the different stevia extracts.” 

“Not only are we growing our membership with the addition of Chengdu Wagott Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd and Nordzucker AG as members, we are also continuing to strengthen our Proficiency Testing Scheme ensuring that the stevia industry has a tool to benchmark the accuracy of the methods to measure the different compounds in the stevia extracts.

Two years after its formation, the ISC will be holding its Annual Meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, on 16-17 October where new Board members as well as the ISC President and the Vice-President will be elected.

The other primary purpose of the meeting is to set out the key activities for 2012-2013, some of which will include collaboration with other players in the stevia value chain.”