USMCA Provides Additional Sugar Access to Canada
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SUA Applauds USMCA Entry Into Force and the Support It Brings for U.S. Sugar-Using Companies
Food and Beverage Manufacturers Praise USTR, USDA and Congress for Efforts to Get New Trade Agreement in Effect on July 1. Washington, D.C. (July 1, 2020) – The Sweetener Users Association (SUA) today issued the following statement applauding the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Congress for ensuring that the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) entered into force today …
U.S.-Mexico Sugar Deal Amendments Upheld By Trade Court
As reported by Bloomberg Law, the Court of International Trade has rejected CSC Sugar’s challenge to the 2020 amendments to the suspension agreements with Mexico.
Dietary Guidelines Committee Recommendation for Added Sugars
The Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) plans to recommend that added sugars constitute no more than 6 percent of calories, a reduction from the current recommendation of 10 percent. Although the DGAC’s findings associate added sugars with some adverse conditions and outcomes, the reduction appears to be driven more by the committee’s food pattern modeling.…
Board Meeting / Conference Call Info June 2020
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Analysis of June 2020 WASDE
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FDA Labeling of Low & No Calorie Sweeteners
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SUA Letter to USDA Re: Response to ASA
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Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee: Added Sugars Draft Conclusion
On Tuesday, May 26, 2020, the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) announced that its final webinar, to review its draft report, would be delayed from June 8 to June 17. At the same time, the committee posted draft conclusion statements for its topics and questions. Some of these statements had been reviewed at previous meetings,…