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Sassafras root is still used to flavor traditional root beer, although since sassafras was banned by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration because of the carcinogenicity of its constituent safrole, most commercial recipes do not contain sassafras. Some commercial root beers do use a safrole-free sassafras extract.
August 6 is National Root Beer Float Day. Here are todayâs root beerâs five facts: 1  Root beer is made out of 16 Roots, and herbs.  Colonist were actually the first people to make root beer.