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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

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FDA Rules Corn Syrup Can't Change Its Name To Corn Sugar

A sweetener by any other name ...

May 30, 2012 The FDA ruled that changing the name high fructose corn syrup to "corn sugar" would cause confusion. Makers of corn syrup say their product has unfairly received a bad rap and had asked the agency to allow the change almost two years ago.

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