Report encourages tax on sugar and salt in food to improve health in UK
The UK government should extend its sugar tax beyond soft drinks to cover all types of foods, according to a major new report ...
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Tax sugar and salt in food to improve health?
Introducing a new salt levy is another proposal put forward in a comprehensive set of recommended regulations for the food sector.
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Sugary drinks are a killer: a 20% tax would save lives and rands in South Africa
A sugar-sweetened beverage tax is effective in reducing sugar consumption and should be increased for health reasons, ...
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SAFURA ABDOOL KARIM | Take the sugar industry’s ‘sugar tax’ claims with a pinch of salt
Still, the sugar industry says the country’s “sugar tax” is costing it jobs. As a nation, we shouldn’t have to choose between saving jobs and saving lives. The truth is that South African ...
Deep Dive: Nebraska Legislature committee to discuss ‘Sugar Tax’
HASTINGS, Neb. (KSNB) - The Nebraska Legislature’s Revenue Committee is set to discuss a possible new tax on food in the ...
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Brazil seeks more tax-exempt sugar exports to US
BRASILIA, March 11 (Reuters) - Brazil will pitch boosting tax-free sugar exports to the United States in talks in Washington, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, as the South ...
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How ‘toxic ingredient’ in slushie drinks linked to sick kids may be used ‘to dodge sugar tax’ as shops ban sales
EXPERTS say the addition of glycerol to some slushie drinks may be an unintended result of manufacturers trying to dodge the sugar tax. And some shops have now banned their sale to under-fives ...
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Tax receipts from sugar sector up 54pc
ISLAMABAD: In a significant development, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has recorded a 54 per cent increase in sales tax collection from the sugar sector over the past two months, owing to the ...