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Sugar tax: Treasury, industry players to meet
2016-04-13 16:07:34| Beverages - Topix.net
South Africa's beverage industry body will meet the Treasury next week to discuss the details of a proposed tax on sugar-sweetened drinks, a top official said on Wednesday. In his budget speech in February, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan proposed the tax on sugary drinks to be implemented in April next year, but did not say how much the levy would be.
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Associated British Foods agrees to acquire remaining 48.65% stake in Illovo Sugar
2016-04-11 01:00:00| Food Processing Technology
London-based Associated British Foods (ABF) has reached an agreement to purchase the remaining 48.65% stake in South African company Illovo Sugar.
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Indigo, ex-Lululemon CEOs take aim at sugar, call for transparent food labelling
2016-04-07 10:52:22| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
Luvo frozen dinners are pictured in a freezer at a Loblaws in Ottawa on Wednesday, April 6, 2016. Two Canadian business leaders want the country's food industry to use more transparent labels so Canadians know just how much nutrionally sparse food they're eating.
Corn refiners group drops push to change U.S. sugar program
2016-04-07 03:40:52| Agriculture - Topix.net
A lobbying group representing corn syrup makers like Archer Daniels Midland Co and Cargill Inc has dropped a push for changes to the U.S. sugar program after making a rare move last year in launching a bid to reform the program. The Corn Refiners Association , part of the powerful U.S. corn lobby, has halted its efforts push to reform the U.S. farm program for sugar, an intricate network of price supports and import quota often criticized by free-trade advocates.
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Pepsi Moves Sugar Sweetened Fountain Drink to Cans
2016-04-05 21:40:00| Food Processing
Beverage companies are launching more sodas and other drinks sweetened with cane sugar, to win consumer demand for clean labels and natural ingredients.
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