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How sweet it is? EFSA seeks suggestions on sugar research

By News Desk on January 12, 2018

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), an agency of the European Union that provides independent scientific advice and communicates on existing and emerging risks associated with the food chain, is seeking feedback on the approach

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New advice for European Union on added sugars due in 2020

By News Desk on March 28, 2017

sugar_406x250The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is on schedule to provide new scientific advice on the daily intake of added sugar in food by early 2020.

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Four-Year Court Battle Pitting Sugar Against Corn Syrup Ends in Secret Agreement

By News Desk on November 28, 2015

Ten days into the sugar vs. high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) jury trial, it’s over. All the parties — and there were many in Western Sugar Cooperative, et al. v. Archer Daniels-Midland Company —…
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Fast-Food Chain Removes Soda From Kids’ Menus

By News Desk on January 16, 2015

National fast-food chain Wendy’s is removing soda from its kids’ menus, acknowledging requests from consumer organizations, including MomsRising.org and the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI). Effective immediately, menus intended for children’s food…
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Five Things Sugar Interests Get Wrong About FDA Added Sugars Labeling

By Gretchen Goldman on July 3, 2014

(This blog post by Gretchen Goldman was published July 1, 2014, at blog.ucsusa.org and is reposted here with permission.) Last week, I spoke at the FDA public meeting on Proposed Rules on Food Labeling: Nutrition…
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FDA Proposal to Put ‘Added Sugars’ in Nutrition Facts Panel Sparks Debate

By News Desk on June 24, 2014

Last week, legal analysts for OFW Law published a blog arguing that “Added Sugars” should not be included in the Food and Drug Administration’s revamp of the Nutrition Facts panel. “The White House seems…
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Controversial Documentary About Food Policy, Industry Opens Today

By Lydia Zuraw on May 9, 2014

“Fed Up,” a new documentary exploring the prevalence of added sugar in the American diet and how it causes childhood obesity to persist, opens today in select theaters across the country. The film traces the…
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Controversy Continues Over Listing Evaporated Cane Juice on Ingredient Labels

By Kelly Damewood on April 21, 2014

Recent action by the U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may smooth the path for food manufacturers to continue to declare sweeteners derived from cane syrup (such as sugar) as “Evaporated Cane Juice” (ECJ)…
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Doctors Promote Tax on Sugar-Sweetened Drinks

By News Desk on June 21, 2012

Sugary drinks were again the target of anti-obesity efforts this week as the American Medical Association threw its support behind a tax on these beverages. At the AMA annual meeting Wednesday, members of the organization…
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Letter From The Editor: Sugar

By Dan Flynn on June 3, 2012

Alcohol and tobacco have both been the subject of a social-political war in the United States.  We went from one extreme to another on the spectrum of alcohol regulation, even doing time with prohibition. Except…
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Sugar Is Not Poison, But We’re Getting Too Much of It

By Dan Flynn on April 3, 2012

Sugar is the toxin responsible for most of today’s health problems, a California endocrinologist who conducts research for the American Heart Association, told the television magazine program 60 Minutes Sunday.

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