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SUNGAI BULOH: Another new tax that is being sold as part of the"War on Sugar" has been proposed for sweetened beverages, says Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad .
He said this comes after the previous 10 sen increase for SSB in Budget 2024 to 50 sen per litre had proven to successfully reduce the consumption of sugary drinks by 9.25% nationwide, and this tax is part of the ministry's move to reduce non-communicable diseases among Malaysians. “With another increase to SSB, we hope to motivate both more restaurants and people to be more conservative with their sugar usage,” he said in a press conference after the 20th anniversary celebration of the Health Ministry’s training institute here on Tuesday .
“A grade products contain no sugar or artificial sweeteners, while B grade will contain small amounts of sugar or sweeteners, and so on,” he said.
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