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>Because of its low cost and long shelf-life, HFCS is used widely in manufacturing many food products, including candy, throughout the United States. However, d

>Because of its low cost and long shelf-life, HFCS is used widely in manufacturing many food products, including candy, throughout the United States. However, due to strict EU regulations, HFCS is banned in much of Europe, including Sweden.

yieldcrv 2y ago
Could HFCS become a Schedule I substance regulated by the DEA?
- oblio 2y ago
  Under the new administration the DEA (and FDA, etc) risks going extinct.
  - adastra22 2y ago
    Have a single source to back that up?
    - TJSomething 2y ago
      I think the evidence merely suggests that his DEA will be ineffective. His initial pick for head of the DEA, Florida sheriff Chad Chronister, went two days [0] from being announced to be being "pulled out" on account of his lack of experience with the border and his arrest of a megachurch pastor for COVID public gathering rule violation [1]. My assumption is that the GP expects that it will be gutted by the Department of Government Efficiency and/or be significantly laid off via Schedule F conversion [2]. However, rules made earlier this year by the OPM should limit that specific method of getting rid of civil servants [3]. [0] https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/03/politics/chad-chronister-trump-dea-withdraws/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/03/politics/chad-chronister-trum... [1] https://apnews.com/article/chad-chronister-trump-withdrawing-nominee-032bd91a5ef447e820e2b1f63e50861e https://apnews.com/article/chad-chronister-trump-withdrawing... [2] https://www.axios.com/2022/07/22/trump-presidency-schedule-f-federal-employees https://www.axios.com/2022/07/22/trump-presidency-schedule-f... [3] https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2024/04/opm-issues-final-rule-schedule-f-protections/395463/ https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2024/04/opm-issues-final-r...
  - rqtwteye 2y ago
    The DEA may grow because they may start the war on drugs back up. FDA and especially EPA are definitely at risk.
LargoLasskhyfv 2y ago
> due to strict EU regulations, HFCS is banned in much of Europe, including Sweden. May be the case for Sweden, but the 'strict EU regulations' ceased to exist in 2017. I'd guess that applies to 'much of Europe' too, then. That aside, we always had https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverted_sugar_syrup https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverted_sugar_syrup , which is frowned upon by many.

yieldcrv 2y ago

Could HFCS become a Schedule I substance regulated by the DEA?

oblio 2y ago
Under the new administration the DEA (and FDA, etc) risks going extinct.
- adastra22 2y ago
  Have a single source to back that up?
  - TJSomething 2y ago
    I think the evidence merely suggests that his DEA will be ineffective. His initial pick for head of the DEA, Florida sheriff Chad Chronister, went two days [0] from being announced to be being "pulled out" on account of his lack of experience with the border and his arrest of a megachurch pastor for COVID public gathering rule violation [1]. My assumption is that the GP expects that it will be gutted by the Department of Government Efficiency and/or be significantly laid off via Schedule F conversion [2]. However, rules made earlier this year by the OPM should limit that specific method of getting rid of civil servants [3]. [0] https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/03/politics/chad-chronister-trump-dea-withdraws/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/03/politics/chad-chronister-trum... [1] https://apnews.com/article/chad-chronister-trump-withdrawing-nominee-032bd91a5ef447e820e2b1f63e50861e https://apnews.com/article/chad-chronister-trump-withdrawing... [2] https://www.axios.com/2022/07/22/trump-presidency-schedule-f-federal-employees https://www.axios.com/2022/07/22/trump-presidency-schedule-f... [3] https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2024/04/opm-issues-final-rule-schedule-f-protections/395463/ https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2024/04/opm-issues-final-r...
- rqtwteye 2y ago
  The DEA may grow because they may start the war on drugs back up. FDA and especially EPA are definitely at risk.

LargoLasskhyfv 2y ago

> due to strict EU regulations, HFCS is banned in much of Europe, including Sweden. May be the case for Sweden, but the 'strict EU regulations' ceased to exist in 2017. I'd guess that applies to 'much of Europe' too, then. That aside, we always had https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverted_sugar_syrup https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverted_sugar_syrup , which is frowned upon by many.