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November 20, 2020
“The Sugar Association’s Citizen Petition to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has garnered the support of more than 1,500 consumers across the United States.
“Consumers deserve greater transparency around alternative sweeteners in their food,” said Courtney Gaine, PhD, RD, president and CEO of the Sugar Association. “The broad public support generated to date reinforces the merit of our petition and sends a strong signal to FDA that consumers demand Agency action on this important food labeling issue.”
Read the full article at: https://www.sugarproducer.com/2020/11/consumers-urge-comprehensive-artificial-sweetener
September 13, 2022
“The Sugar Association is re-upping a push against “hiding” alternative sweeteners, which the group says have “surged” 300 percent in the past five years. It’s called the “Campaign for Sweetener Transparency.” There’s a new landing page encouraging consumers to get involved.” Read the full article here (subscription required): https://foodfix.co/rethinking-the-farm-bill/
July 21, 2022
“The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a proposed guidance , advising consumers not to use non-sugar sweeteners as means to reduce sugar intake. While the guidance is still under consideration and the WHO is now collecting comments from stakeholders, the document has already caused a stir in the food and beverage industry, pitting proponents of sweeteners […]
May 2, 2022
“The use of alternative sweeteners in the food supply has drastically increased over the past 25 years, but the FDA’s labeling requirements have not kept up with this changing food supply…And now, more and more individuals are letting the FDA this is an important issues that requires the agency’s attention.” Dr. Courtney Gaine, President and […]
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