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Thanks to America's Current Sugar Policy, the Nation's Consumers and Food Manufacturers Get a Great Deal
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(OPEN):
CONGRESS IS PREPARING TO DEBATE A NEW
"FARM BILL", TO AID AMERICA'S FARMERS AND RANCHERS. AND, THE PRICE THAT AMERICANS PAY FOR GROCERIES WILL BE A BIG PART OF THAT DEBATE.
WHEN IT COMES TO SUGAR, JACK RONEY [AS IN "TONY"]--AN ECONOMIST WITH THE
"AMERICAN SUGAR ALLIANCE"--SAYS THAT CONSUMERS ARE GETTING A GREAT
DEAL...
(RONEY):
"AMERICAN FOOD-MANUFACTURERS AND CONSUMERS GET A GREAT DEAL ON SUGAR.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT WORLD-AVERAGE WHOLESALE-PRICES--IN OTHER
DEVELOPED-COUNTRIES--FOOD-MANUFACTURERS THERE ARE PAYING 32-PERCENT MORE FOR THEIR SUGAR THAN AMERICAN FOOD-MANUFACTURERS ARE.
AND, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE PRICE OF SUGAR ON THE GROCERY-SHELF, WE FIND
THAT--IN OTHER DEVELOPED-COUNTRIES--CONSUMERS ARE PAYING 29-PERCENT MORE FOR THEIR SUGAR THAN AMERICAN CONSUMERS DO.
SO, U-S SUGAR-POLICY IS WORKING FOR AMERICAN FOOD-MANUFACTURERS AND CONSUMERS."
(CLOSE):
LEARN MORE AT "SUGAR-ALLIANCE"-DOT-ORG.
FOR THE "INTERNATIONAL SWEETENER SYMPOSIUM" IN SAN DIEGO,
I'M ERIC JON MAGNUSON.
For more audio from many of those participating in the 34th-annual
International Sweetener Symposium, click
here.
