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General Mills Will Label GMO Products; Calls For National Labeling Standard
Earlier this week, the Senate narrowly shot down a piece of legislation that would have created a voluntary national standard for labeling food products containing genetically modified ingredients...
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Mars Will Also Label Its Products With GMO-Related Info
Following the recent failure of a Senate bill that would have made it voluntary for companies to label genetically modified ingredients, another packaged food biggie is agreeing to hop on the...
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FDA Proposes Limit For Inorganic Arsenic In Infant Rice Cereal
While there are currently no federal limits on arsenic levels in most food, the Food and Drug Administration announced today that it’s taking steps aimed at reducing inorganic arsenic in at least one...
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FDA To Reconsider Definition Of “Healthy” On Food Labels
When you see a some food marketed as “healthy” or “natural,” do you know exactly what, if anything, those terms mean? The Food and Drug Administration has decided to rethink its requirements for what...
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Senate Approves Bill To Outlaw Vermont GMO Labels, Replace Them With Barcodes
Even though some of the nation’s largest food producers — including General Mills, PepsiCo, Campbell Soup, Mars Inc., Bimbo, and Nestle — have already updated their packaging to comply with Vermont’s...
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Federal GMO Labeling Bill Opens More Loopholes Than It Closes
When a pair of agribusiness-funded Senators introduced last-minute, fast-tracked legislation to outlaw Vermont’s new labels for foods containing genetically modified ingredients, they claimed that...
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Congress Passes Bill Outlawing Vermont’s GMO Labels, Replacing Them With...
After skipping over the entire debate and amendment process the Senate, and then going virtually un-discussed in the House of Representatives, a last ditch effort to overturn Vermont’s new food...
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Burger King, KFC & 14 Other Restaurant Chains Still Earning “F” Grades For...
Last year, a coalition of public health advocates released a report card grading the nation’s 25 biggest restaurant chains on their antibiotics policies. An astounding 20 of these chains earned “F”...
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Pre-Cut, Bagged Salad May Actually Contribute To Growth Of Salmonella
Salads are among the most common sources of foodborne illness, and we’ve repeatedly seen how pre-cut, bagged salad products can harbor ugly pathogens like listeria or salmonella. A new scientific study...
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Which Chain Restaurants Are Still Failing At Reducing The Use Of Antibiotics?
Feeling pressure from customers, scientists, doctors, and public health advocates, a growing number of fast food and fast-casual restaurant chains are now taking steps to eliminate at least some...
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