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Where'd This Food Come From? COOL Is Cool Again

Andrew Martin in the New York Times is doing some terrific reporting on the food labeling and resulting safety issues confronting all of us: In every American supermarket, labels tell shoppers where their seafood came from. But there are no such labels for meat, produce or nuts. Behind the contradiction is a lesson in political power in Washington, where lobbyists and members of Congress have managed to hold off the enforcement of a five-year-old law that required country-of-origin labeling on meat and produce as well as fish. In some ways this history of COOL (Country of Origin Labeling) is the standard tale of politicians, lobbyists, and their unholy alliance we have heard so many times before. But now it seems...

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Post a Comment | Posted by Ed Levine, July 2, 2007 at 3:35 PM
Tagged: food labeling

Trans Fat Fight Claims Butter as a Victim

Cities like New York have already banned artificial trans-fat for health reasons, although scientists think natural trans fat might actually turn out to be beneficial. Because of an FDA ruling that says products with half a gram or more of trans-fat "can’t be called trans fat-free, even if butter is the only fat," companies like Starbucks are making their suppliers cut out butter to make their product labeling ("no trans-fat!") easier. From Trans Fat Fight Claims Butter as a Victim, by Kim Severson of the New York Times: This is an important issue because anything made with animal fats will have trans fats and make it impossible to claim trans fat-free,” said Marion Nestle, nutrition professor at New York University....

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Post a Comment | Posted by Lia Bulaong, March 7, 2007 at 9:27 AM
Tagged: food hysteria, food labeling, food trends, trans fats

Kraft In Hot Water Over Capri-Sun

We have always wondered why nearly juice-less drinks could get away with the label "all natural." Capri-Sun and Kraft are about to answer that question in court. The Consumer Law & Policy blog addresses the same issue here, citing the Cadbury-Schweppes tussle over 7-Up....

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Post a Comment | Posted by Nathalie Jordi, January 25, 2007 at 4:29 PM
Tagged: all natural, capri-sun, food labeling, kraft