Industry
USDA Responds to Tight U.S. Raw Sugar Market
The USDA has announced that sugar entering the United States under the fiscal year 2011 raw sugar import tariff-rate quota will be permitted to enter U.S. Customs territory beginning September 1, 2010, a month earlier than the usual first entry date of October 1.
New Sweetener Passes Test at Food Expo
Talk about a high-profile taste test – the Institute of Food Technologists’ (IFT) food expo. It’s where prototype products are sampled by thousands of food experts who turn out for the annual event.
Sugar Refinery Faces Pollution Permit Issue
New York State officials are proposing to change a waterfront sugar refinery’s pollution permit.
Imperial Sugar Shares “The Science of Dust Explosions”
“I wanted to bring everyone’s level of awareness up,” Kevin Jeffries says. “Since our customers are often handling not just sugar, but flour, cornstarch and other material, my goal was to help them understand the potential hazards and how certain factors relate to their specific operation.”
Texas Icon Celebrates 119th Birthday
Dublin Dr Pepper – the oldest Dr Pepper bottling plant in the world – is celebrating 119 years of manufacturing the No. 1 non-cola known as the “Texas Original.”
Sugar Technologists Honor Imperial’s Brian Harrison
Brian Harrison, Vice President for Sugar Technology at Imperial Sugar Company, has been named the 2010 recipient of the prestigious Crystal Award of the Sugar Industry Technologists (S.I.T.), a leading professional organization of the sugar industry.
S.I.T. Conference Attendees Tour Port Wentworth Refinery
The 2010 Sugar Industry Technologists (S.I.T.) Conference meeting in Savannah, Ga., wrapped up its sessions with a VIP tour of Imperial Sugar Company’s large, modern cane sugar refinery in nearby Port Wentworth.
Sheptor Calls for Highest Industry Safety Standards
Imperial Sugar Company President and CEO John C. Sheptor has issued a call for immediate action within the sugar industry worldwide to create the highest degree of safety standards and to share all safety data among companies.
Preference for Natural Sweeteners Grows
There’s no getting around the fact that high-fructose corn syrup is experiencing a slow downward spiral. Sales of high-fructose corn syrup have fallen in the United States by 9 percent in 2009, compared with 2007, according to an analyst at Credit Suisse — with more of a drop expected this year.
USDA: U.S. Sugar Production Up But Supplies Down
Even though production was cited higher in the USDA’s May WASDE report, the projected U.S. sugar supply for fiscal year 2010/11 is down 3.3 percent from 2009/10. Offsetting factors were lower beginning stocks and imports.
Trend Signals: Growing Preference for All Natural Sugar in U.S.
Government and industry statistics are confirming a growing preference in the United States for pure sugar in foods and beverages rather than other man-made and high intensity artificial sweeteners.
Brazil Conference: Trends Support Tight Sugar Supply-Demand Balances
Sugar producers, traders, policy makers and investors from around the world gathered recently at F.O. Licht’s 6th annual Sugar & Ethanol Brazil conference. The conference provides analysis of the Brazilian sugar market and related developments across Latin America.
USTR Makes More Sugar Available for Import
The Office of the United States Special Trade Representative (USTR) in Washington recently announced a country-specific reallocation of the fiscal year 2010 tariff rate quota (TRQ) for imported raw cane sugar. Here is perspective from Imperial Sugar’s Pat Henneberry.
NFPA Journal: Refining the Process
As part of its goal to create a new, state-of-the-art refinery following a catastrophic explosion and fire in 2008, Imperial Sugar turned to Ron Allen to help it devise and implement safety features in all of its facilities.