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Feds reject association’s attempt to rebrand ‘corn sugar’

Food and Drug Administration denies Corn Refiners Association request for alternative label for high-fructose corn syrup Federal regulators have denied a request by the Corn Refiners Association to relabel high-fructose corn syrup as “corn sugar,” giving ammunition to critics in the sugar industry who have sued the organization for alleged false advertising. In a May 30 letter to CRA, the Food and Drug Administration turned down the association’s citizen petition to authorize “corn sugar” as an alternative name for high-fructose corn syrup, saying, among other things, that syrup doesn’t meet the government’s definition of sugar as a “solid, dried” sweetener. In a… Read More