Original sentence: Stevia was replaced with HFCS when the FDA banned it in 1991 in a controversial decision
Edited sentence: " In the United States, it is legal to import, grow, sell, and consume stevia products if contained within or labeled for use as a dietary supplement, but not as a food additive — a position that stevia proponents regard as contradictory because it simultaneously labels stevia as safe and unsafe, depending on how it is sold." To date, the FDA has never revealed the source of the original complaint in its responses to requests filed under the Freedom of Information Act."Stevia occurs naturally, requiring no patent to produce it.Arizona congressman Jon Kyl, for example, called the FDA action against stevia "a restraint of trade to benefit the artificial sweetener industry.As a consequence, since the import ban in 1991, marketers and consumers of stevia have shared a belief that the sweetener industry pressured the FDA to keep stevia out of the United States.Stevia was replaced with HFCS when the FDA banned it in 1991 following some rather questionable practices.Those standing to profit from this type of action are suspected to have some control over FDA actions