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Chief U.S. sugar lobbyist resigns amid crackdown on sweetener
Source: Reuters
US | Wed Jan 13, 2016 11:48am EST
Chief U.S. sugar lobbyist resigns amid crackdown on sweetener
NEW YORK | BY CHRIS PRENTICE
The head of the main U.S. sugar marketing lobby has resigned after nearly 13 years, leaving one of the most powerful industry groups in Washington with an interim leader at a time of growing public and government concern over the negative effects of excessive consumption.
Andrew Briscoe III resigned from his post as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Sugar Association, the chief lobbying group that defends sugar marketing, according to a note sent to members of the industry seen by Reuters on Wednesday.
The resignation came just a day after the latest crackdown in the battle in the so-called war on sugar, or what some critics call the other white drug. On Thursday, the U.S. government recommended for the first time people consume a specific limit of less than 10 percent of their calories from added sugar.
A spokeswoman for the Sugar Association confirmed the resignation but declined to comment further.
"As we begin a new year, it is an appropriate time for me to begin a new chapter," Briscoe said in the note dated Jan. 12, a copy of which was seen by Reuters.
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Chief U.S. sugar lobbyist resigns amid crackdown on sweetener
NEW YORK | BY CHRIS PRENTICE
The head of the main U.S. sugar marketing lobby has resigned after nearly 13 years, leaving one of the most powerful industry groups in Washington with an interim leader at a time of growing public and government concern over the negative effects of excessive consumption.
Andrew Briscoe III resigned from his post as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Sugar Association, the chief lobbying group that defends sugar marketing, according to a note sent to members of the industry seen by Reuters on Wednesday.
The resignation came just a day after the latest crackdown in the battle in the so-called war on sugar, or what some critics call the other white drug. On Thursday, the U.S. government recommended for the first time people consume a specific limit of less than 10 percent of their calories from added sugar.
A spokeswoman for the Sugar Association confirmed the resignation but declined to comment further.
"As we begin a new year, it is an appropriate time for me to begin a new chapter," Briscoe said in the note dated Jan. 12, a copy of which was seen by Reuters.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-sugar-lobbyist-idUSKCN0UR29J20160113
