Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 122

PERMITTING SALE OF SOFT DRINKS WITH ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS

AN ACT AMENDING CHAPTER 43, TITLE 16, DELAWARE CODE OF 1953, BY PERMITTING THE SALE OF CERTAIN SOFT DRINKS WITH ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS TO DIABETICS.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Delaware:

Section 1. § 4312, Title 16, Delaware Code of 1953, is amended to read as follows:

§ 4312. Artificial sweeteners

Except for the use of sorbitol, sucryl, mannitol or calcium cyclamate in soft drinks sold to diabetics, the use of saccharine, dulcin, glucin and other artificial sweeteners is prohibited. Bottles containing sucryl and calcium cyclamate must have a label bearing the following words -- "Caution -- over use of this product may cause diarrhea".

Approved June 11, 1953.