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Are plant-based milks causing harmful nutritional deficiencies in children?
The milk wars are steaming up. The latest casualty—or perhaps pawn—is the children. The dairy industry has been lobbying to crack down on plant-based “imitation milks” since at least 2000. This year,...
View ArticleMore than 1.5 million Americans are allergic to sesame. Food companies don’t...
More than 1.5 million Americans experience adverse reactions to sesame every year. The flareups can be relatively minor—skin irritations like hives, for instance—or serious and life-threatening, like...
View ArticleThinly sliced: Why did FDA keep quiet about another E. coli outbreak linked...
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View ArticleOlive oil lobby to FDA: Regulate us, please
The olive oil industry wants more government oversight. On Monday, the American Olive Oil Producers Association (AOOPA) formally requested the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) set and enforce quality...
View ArticleIs high-risk romaine simply the new normal?
Update 12/04/2019, 4:50 p.m.: CDC updated the number of victims to 102 and the number of hospitalizations to 58 (a very high ratio, relative to past outbreaks). There have now been cases reported in 23...
View ArticleBanking agencies give hemp the OK
Bank regulators on Tuesday issued new guidance clarifying that financial institutions should not report their farmer customers for growing hemp. This was great news for hemp boosters, who cheered the...
View ArticleMost seafood imports flagged for food safety violations never get audited
Rodent filth, drug residue, undeclared allergens, Salmonella—these are just a handful of the health violations that impelled the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to block large batches of seafood...
View ArticleTwo new bills would blunt the impact of factory farms on public health and...
Separate legislation introduced in the House and Senate would strengthen CAFO oversight—or halt construction altogether. December has seen a flurry of interest in regulating factory farms. As we...
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New government website meant to clarify GMO regulations does little to answer...
FDA, USDA, and EPA all control different parts of the complicated oversight process. On Thursday, the Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Food and Drug...
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GM salmon leaps another legal hurdle. Next up: Another legal hurdle
A federal judge just ruled that, yes, the FDA can regulate a fish as a medicine. His written opinion is kind of a roller coaster for the mind. Remember the GMO salmon? It was created by a company...
View ArticleDespite “real risks” and “many unanswered questions,” CBD ice cream is on the...
Much has been said about the toothlessness of FDA, the agency that regulates 77 percent of our nation’s food supply. Case in point: The agency has said CBD comes with “real risks that need to be...
View ArticleFDA approves the first peanut allergy drug
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the first-ever drug to treat children for peanut allergies, The Washington Post reports. The drug, Palforzia, is made of peanut protein, and will be...
View ArticleCBD gets a powerful new lobbyist: Kroger
Though CBD goods are all the rage, murky FDA rules regarding the buzzed-about, hemp-derived additive have made some retailers wary about cashing in. But according to Cannabis Wire, at least one major...
View ArticleFDA doesn’t allow food to be labeled “low sugar.” How do companies work...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has long held that food product manufacturers can not market foods as “low sugar,” a term that the agency has not defined. As a workaround, big brands are...
View ArticleFood and Drug Administration pauses routine food inspections for the...
These inspections were one more link in an overtaxed and weakened food system safety net. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Wednesday that it would temporarily suspend routine...
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FDA loosens nutrition facts labeling requirements in an effort to help...
For restaurants that have become de facto grocery stores during the pandemic, new guidance eases the switch. Two weeks ago, restaurateur Dan Simons laid off 1,100 employees across his seven...
View ArticleDistillers urge FDA to revise rules on hand sanitizer recipe to keep up with...
Distilleries’ emergency efforts to create hand sanitizer are being hampered by federal rules requiring the products be mixed with costly chemicals to make it unpalatable for consumption. On March 2,...
View ArticleFDA issues tips on how to clean trucks that stored dead bodies for reuse in...
At the peak of the coronavirus outbreak in New York City, FEMA sent 85 refrigerated trucks to city hospitals to serve as temporary morgues. Now, with new cases and deaths on the decline, those trucks...
View ArticleFDA rolls back ingredient and calorie labeling regulations, citing supply...
The move is temporary for the duration of the public health emergency. But some worry there’ll be wiggle room left for food manufacturers and vending machine operators to lobby for less regulation...
View ArticleCalorie labeling—once fiercely opposed by restaurants—could save thousands of...
New research shows that, aggregated across the country over time, the effects of calorie labeling could significantly improve our collective wellbeing. This April, fewer than two years after mandatory...
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