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Published December 16, 2020, 3:09 PM
The House Committee on Ways and Means is urging the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to procure more machines and equipment that would determine whether the beverages are sweetened with sugar or high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) to ensure the proper implementation of the excise tax on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) as provided for under the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion Act (TRAIN) Law.
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Nueva Ecija Rep. Estrellita Suansing, vice chairperson of the panel, said the procurement of the machines and equipment to test SSB products will be part of the panel’s committee report in connection with its probe on the implementation of Section 150-B of the National Internal Revenue Code (NIRC) of 1997 , as amended by Republic Act No. 10963, otherwise known as the TRAIN Law.