Editing Stevia (section)

===Availability and legal status by country or area===
The plant may be grown legally in most countries, although some countries restrict its use as a sweetener. The legally allowed uses and maximum dosage of the extracts and derived products vary widely from country to country.
* Argentina: available as of 2008, regulatory status uncertain<ref name="flexnews2008-07-01">{{cite web |title=Olam and Wilmar in 50:50 j.v. to acquire 20% stake in PureCircle, a leading producer of natural high-intensity sweeteners for USD&nbsp;106.2&nbsp;Mln |website=flex-news-food.com |date=1 July 2008 |url=http://www.flex-news-food.com/console/PageViewer.aspx?page=17487 |access-date=5 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313225449/http://www.flex-news-food.com/console/PageViewer.aspx?page=17487 |archive-date=13 March 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* Australia:
** All steviol glycoside extracts were approved in 2008.<ref name="Aus-n-NZ-approval">{{cite news |url=https://www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2008/10/08/Stevia-gets-Australian-approval-for-food-and-beverages |title=Stevia gets Australian approval for food and beverages |date=7 October 2008|last1=Danielss|first1=Stephen|website=FoodNavigator|publisher=William Reed |access-date=3 December 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527024126/https://www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2008/10/08/Stevia-gets-Australian-approval-for-food-and-beverages|archive-date=27 May 2022}}</ref>
* Brazil: stevioside extract approved as food additive since 2005.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www4.anvisa.gov.br/base/visadoc/CP/CP%5B12925-1-0%5D.PDF |title=Consulta Pública nº&nbsp;86, de 7&nbsp;de dezembro de 2005. D.O.U de 08/12/2005 |publisher=Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária (ANVISA) |trans-title=Public Consultation nº&nbsp;86, 7 December 2005 |access-date=2 February 2019 |archive-date=18 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918145110/http://www4.anvisa.gov.br/base/visadoc/CP/CP&#91;12925-1-0&#93;.PDF |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Canada (as of November 2012)
** Steviol glycosides became available as a food additive on 30 November 2012.<ref>{{cite report |title=Notice of modification to the list of permitted sweeteners to enable the use of steviol glycosides as a table-top sweetener and as a sweetener in certain food categories |id=Document Reference Number NOM/ADM-0002 |url=http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/consult/nom-adm-0002/document-consultation-eng.php |publisher=Health Canada |year=2012 |access-date=26 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002113208/http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/consult/nom-adm-0002/document-consultation-eng.php |archive-date=2 October 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>
** ''Stevia rebaudiana'' leaf and extracts are available as dietary supplements.
* Chile: available as of 2008, regulatory status uncertain<ref name="flexnews2008-07-01"/>
* China: available since 1984, regulatory status uncertain
* Colombia: available as of 2008, regulatory status uncertain<ref name="flexnews2008-07-01"/>
* [[European Union]]:  Steviol glycosides were approved and regulated as food additives by the [[European Commission]] on 11 November 2011.<ref name="eu-approved2"/><ref name="ce1131">{{cite report |url=http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2011:295:0205:0211:EN:PDF |title=Commission Regulation (EU) No 1131/2011 |journal=Official Journal of the European Union |date=11 November 2011 |page=205|access-date= 15 November 2011 |quote=The CE regulation establishes steviol glycosides as food additive, and establishes maximum content levels in foodstuff and beverages. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111120004818/http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2011:295:0205:0211:EN:PDF |archive-date=20 November 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Halliday |first=Jess |title=France approves high Reb&nbsp;A ''Stevia'' sweeteners |website=foodnavigator.com |date=8 September 2009 |url=http://www.foodnavigator.com/On-your-radar/Healthier-products/France-approves-high-Reb-A-stevia-sweeteners |access-date=23 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100227220901/http://www.foodnavigator.com/On-your-radar/Healthier-products/France-approves-high-Reb-A-stevia-sweeteners |archive-date=27 February 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* Hong Kong: steviol glycosides approved as food additives since January 2010<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legislation.gov.hk/blis_ind.nsf/E1BF50C09A33D3DC482564840019D2F4/85E9080411B3696948257770001470C7?OpenDocument |title=Cap 132U Schedule |series=Sweeteners in Food Regulations; Ordinance |publisher=Public Health and Municipal Services |place=Hong Kong |website=legislation.gov.hk |year=2011 |access-date=22 June 2011}}</ref>
* India: In a notification dated 13 November 2015, [[FSSAI]] has permitted its use in a range of products. This includes carbonated water, dairy-based desserts and flavoured drinks, yoghurts, ready-to-eat cereals, fruit nectars and jams.{{efn|Madhu-Tulsi (Sweeteners in Food Regulations; Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance)}}<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/sweetener-stevia-clears-fssai-hurdle-115112300973_1.html |title=Sweetener stevia clears FSSAI hurdle <!-- |series=Business Standard News |website=Business-standard.com --> |date=2015-11-24 |access-date=2016-09-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151125040602/http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/sweetener-stevia-clears-fssai-hurdle-115112300973_1.html |archive-date=25 November 2015 |url-status=live|newspaper=Business Standard |place=India |last1=Pinto |first1=Viveat Susan}}</ref>
* Indonesia: (2012)
** Steviol glycosides are available as food additives since 2012.<ref>{{cite report |place=Indonesia |publisher=Ministry of Health |date=2012 |url=http://usdaindonesia.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/permenkes-033-2012-translation.pdf |title=Regulation of No. 033 on Food Additives |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530205509/http://usdaindonesia.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/permenkes-033-2012-translation.pdf |archive-date=30 May 2013}}</ref>
** ''Stevia'' leaf is available as a dietary supplement.
* Israel: approved as food additive since January 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.greenprophet.com/2012/01/stevia-sweeteners-approved-in-israel/ |title=''Stevia'' sweeteners now approved in Israel |website=greenprophet.com |year=2012 |access-date=5 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120506105136/http://www.greenprophet.com/2012/01/stevia-sweeteners-approved-in-israel/ |archive-date=6 May 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* Japan: widely available since the 1970s and regulated as an existing additive since 1995.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.houko.com/00/01/H07/101.HTM |series=The Act for Partial Provisions of the Food Sanitation Act and the Nutrition Improvement Act |title=Supplementary Provisions Article&nbsp;2 |website=houko.com |year=1995 |access-date=11 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160606011304/http://www.houko.com/00/01/H07/101.HTM |archive-date=6 June 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* Korea: available as of 2008, regulatory status uncertain.<ref name="flexnews2008-07-01"/>
* Malaysia: available as of 2008, regulatory status uncertain.<ref name="flexnews2008-07-01"/>
* Mexico: mixed steviol glycoside extract (not separate extracts) approved since 2009.{{third-party inline|date=March 2017}}
* New Zealand:
** All steviol glycoside extracts were approved in 2008.<ref name=Aus-n-NZ-approval/>
* Norway:
** Steviol glycoside approved as food additive (E 960) since June 2012.<ref name="Norwegian Institute of Public Health">{{cite journal |title=Norwegian stevia fact sheet, Norwegian Institute of Public Health |journal=EFSA Journal |volume=8 |issue=4 |pages=1537 |date=17 June 1999 |doi=10.2903/j.efsa.2010.1537 |doi-access=free}}</ref>
** The plant itself has not been approved as of September 2012.
* Paraguay: available as of 2008, regulatory status uncertain.<ref name="flexnews2008-07-01"/>
* Peru: available as of 2008, regulatory status uncertain.<ref name="flexnews2008-07-01"/>
* Philippines: available as of 2008, regulatory status uncertain.<ref name="flexnews2008-07-01"/>
* Russian Federation: stevioside approved as food additive since 2008, in the "minimal dosage required" to achieve the goal.<ref name="russian">{{cite web |url=http://ec.europa.eu/food/international/trade/docs/allfood_05_en.pdf |at=Table&nbsp;5 |title=Technical regulations for juice products from fruits and vegetables |series=Russian Federation Federal Law |website=ec.europa.eu |date=27 October 2008 |access-date=15 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103180148/http://ec.europa.eu/food/international/trade/docs/allfood_05_en.pdf |archive-date=3 November 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> Stevia leaves powder, syrups and crude extracts derived from it,  have been banned. The ban is enacted on 27 February 2024. [[E960]] is still approved.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Какие пищевые добавки исключили из разрешенных? – Роскачество |trans-title=What food additives have been excluded form the approved ones?|url=https://roskachestvo.gov.ru/news/kakie-pishchevye-dobavki-isklyuchili-iz-razreshennykh/ |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=Roskachestvo}}</ref>
* Saudi Arabia: available as of 2008, regulatory status uncertain.<ref name="flexnews2008-07-01"/>
* Singapore: steviol glycosides approved as food additive in certain foods, since 2005<ref>{{cite web |series=Sale of Food Act |at=Chapter&nbsp;283, Section&nbsp;56(1) |title=Food Regulations |url=http://www.ava.gov.sg/NR/rdonlyres/0CA18578-7610-4917-BB67-C7DF4B96504B/19280/2web_SOF_FoodRegulations15April2011.pdf |publisher=Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority |place=Singapore |year=2005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308150612/http://www.ava.gov.sg/NR/rdonlyres/0CA18578-7610-4917-BB67-C7DF4B96504B/19280/2web_SOF_FoodRegulations15April2011.pdf |archive-date=8 March 2012}}</ref> Previously it was banned.<ref name="sing">{{cite report |last=Li |first=Simon |publisher=Hong Kong Legislative Council Secretariat |department=Research and Library Services Division |date=27 March 2002 |title=Fact Sheet: Stevioside |url=http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr01-02/english/sec/library/0102fs04e.pdf |access-date=8 September 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041210103724/http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr01-02/english/sec/library/0102fs04e.pdf |archive-date=10 December 2004 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* South Africa: approved since September 2012 and widely available.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.foodstuffsa.co.za/news-stuff/latest-sa-news/2403-stevia-approved-for-use-in-south-africa |title=Stevia approved for use in South Africa |website=Foodstuffsa.co.za |date=2012-09-10 |access-date=2016-09-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923043151/http://www.foodstuffsa.co.za/news-stuff/latest-sa-news/2403-stevia-approved-for-use-in-south-africa |archive-date=23 September 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* Taiwan: available as of 2008, regulatory status uncertain.<ref name="flexnews2008-07-01"/>
* Thailand: available as of 2008, regulatory status uncertain.<ref name="flexnews2008-07-01"/>
* Turkey: available as of 2008, regulatory status uncertain.<ref name="flexnews2008-07-01"/>
* United Arab Emirates: available as of 2008, regulatory status uncertain.<ref name="flexnews2008-07-01"/>
* Uruguay: available as of 2008, regulatory status uncertain.<ref name="flexnews2008-07-01"/>
* United States (as of April 2017):
** Purified rebaudioside A has been allowed since December 2008 as a food additive (sweetener), sold under various trade names, and classified as "[[GRAS|generally recognized as safe]]" ("GRAS").<ref name=FDA2017/><ref name="FDA GRAS Notice">{{cite report |last=Curry |first=Leslie Lake |series=Agency Response Letter |title=GRAS Notice No. GRN&nbsp;000287 |date=28 August 2009 |publisher=U.S. Food and Drug Administration |url=http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/fcn/fcnDetailNavigation.cfm?rpt=grasListing&id=287 |access-date=17 July 2020 <!-- 28 August 2010 --> |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110329092815/http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/fcn/fcnDetailNavigation.cfm?rpt=grasListing&id=287 |archive-date=29 March 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
** ''Stevia rebaudiana'' leaf and crude extracts have been available as dietary supplements since 1995, but the 2008 FDA authorization does not extend to them, and they do not have GRAS status.<ref name=FDA2017/> In 2019, leaves and crude extracts were included in an FDA import alert with concerns about their safety for use in foods or supplements and potential for toxicity.<ref name=fda19/>
* Vietnam: available as of 2008, regulatory status uncertain.<ref name="flexnews2008-07-01"/>