Telling Congress to “stay out of our grocery cart,” Susan K. Neely and her group, the American Beverage Association, announced July 10 the launch of Americans Against Food Taxes, a coalition formed in response to recent reports that lawmakers are still considering a tax on sugary drinks to help fund the health care bill working through Congress. The “sugar-sweetened beverage” tax was listed in both a December Congressional Budget Office report and a May 18 Senate Committee on Finance media release as an option to underwrite a health care overhaul. Neely, ABA’s president and CEO, told CEO Update that the coalition was formed to rebut attempts to impose what she called… Read More