Nutrition Policy Update September 2018
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Senate Has Key Opportunity to Modernize Sugar Program in Farm Bill
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…
Notice of intent to impose countermeasures action against the United States in response to tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum products
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.
House Misses Critical Opportunity to Modernize Sugar Program
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,…
U.S. Food and Beverage Manufacturers: Free Market Groups Have ‘Got it Right’ – America Needs Sugar Reform
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…
Proposed Rule (National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard)
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House Ag Committee Markup Is Just ‘More of the Same’
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…
Tom Earley’s PowerPoint (SUA April 11 Board Mtg., Washington, DC)
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The Mexican Sugar Market
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SUA Letter to Chief Agricultural Negotiator Gregg Doud
On behalf of America’s food and beverage manufacturers, who use sugar to make the products U.S. consumers know and love, congratulations on your confirmation to serve as Chief Agricultural Negotiator for the U.S. Trade Representative. You will soon be inundated with a host of issues to digest, but we write to call your attention to…