Dear Mr. Secretary: We commend you for the Department of Agriculture’s recent actions to increase supplies to the U.S. sugar market to avoid a damaging shortage. Most recently, USDA asked the Department of Commerce to provide an additional 200,000 tons of refined sugar imports from Mexico. Unfortunately, despite this and other positive steps, we continue…
The Food and Drug Administration provided a phone briefing for the food industry today on the agency’s role in combating COVID-19 caused by the novel coronavirus. Briefers were Deputy Commissioner Frank Yiannis, Michael Rogers of the Office of Regulatory Affairs (in charge of inspections) and Susan Mayne of the Center for Food Safety and Applied…
USDA Statement on U.S. Sugar Market Washington, D.C., March 10, 2020 – Consistent with the Commerce Department’s Agreement Suspending the Countervailing Duty Investigation on Sugar From Mexico (the Agreement), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today notified the Department of Commerce (Commerce) of an additional need for sugar in the U.S. market of 200,000 short tons…
On March 11, FDA announced its new education campaign on the Nutrition Fact Label. Read the announcement below. FDA Launches Nutrition Facts Label Education Campaign Constituent Update March 11, 2020 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced the launch of the “New Nutrition Facts label What’s In It For You?” education campaign. This…
Urges Additional Actions to Help U.S. Food and Beverage Manufacturers Deal with Extremely Low Sugar Supply. Washington, D.C. (March 11, 2020) – The Sweetener Users Association (SUA) today issued the following statement praising the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for allowing 200,000 tons of refined sugar from Mexico in an effort to address the sugar shortage American food and beverage manufacturers continue to endure …