Food & Nutrition Policy Update October 2018
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Washington, DC (June 8, 2018) – In response to Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts’s release of the 2018 Farm Bill, the Sweetener Users Association (SUA) issued the following statement. “As the Senate debates the Farm Bill in the coming weeks, lawmakers will have a key opportunity to help sustain and create American jobs and…
In response to President Trump’s announcement that the U.S. would impose tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum, Canada issued the following intent to impose countermeasures against the United States.
America’s Food and Beverage Manufacturers Look Ahead to Senate Debate Washington, DC (May 17, 2018) – The Sweetener Users Association (SUA) issued the following statement in response to the U.S. House of Representatives’ consideration of a sugar policy modernization amendment to the 2018 Farm Bill. “While we are disappointed in the outcome of today’s vote,…
Washington, DC (May 7, 2018) – Today the Sweetener Users Association (SUA) welcomed outreach by free market and taxpayer fairness groups to Congress, urging members to reform the U.S. sugar program in the 2018 Farm Bill. SUA was responding to a letter sent last week by Americans for Prosperity and Freedom Partners to members of…
SUA Calls for Floor Debate on Sugar Program Modernization Washington, DC (April 18, 2018) – Following today’s markup of the 2018 Farm Bill in the House Agriculture Committee, the Sweetener Users Association (SUA) called on congressional leaders to ensure sugar program modernization is debated on the House floor. “By uncritically bowing to the demands of…