Baker’s Join Efforts For Fair Sugar Policy

The American Bakers Association (ABA) is pleased to join the Alliance for Fair Sugar Policy (AFSP), in seeking reasonable reforms to the outdated, depression-era United States Sugar Program.

“The U.S. Sugar Program places a hidden tax on American bakers who rely on sugar as a key ingredient,” said ABA President & CEO Robb MacKie. “The high price of artificially inflated U.S. sugar has inhibited the baking industry’s ability to rise and create more jobs in our local communities,” added MacKie.

According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, for every job saved in U.S. Sugar-production, at least three jobs have been lost in American food manufacturing, due to current U.S. sugar policy. Further, estimates show that the program has cost taxpaying American families between $2.4 and $4 billion annually.

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