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POM Wonderful vs. FTC: The Epic War Continues
By Tish Eggleston Pahl There are some spectacles we geeks in the food and drug bar follow as avidly as any mini-series. The epic, two-year battle between POM Wonderful (producer of pomegranate...
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BPA: The Press Rounds Up the Usual Suspects and Gets it Wrong
By Mark L. Itzkoff Over the past few months, articles have been published claiming possible links between bisphenol A (BPA) and a variety of human health problems including obesity, thyroid changes,...
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Can FDA Regulate Compounding? FDA Doesn’t Think So. . . But It Kind of Tried To
By Jonathan M. Weinrieb As the impact of the deadly meningitis outbreak grows, questions about FDA’s authority to regulate pharmacy compounding have arisen. New England Compounding Center Inc.’s (NECC)...
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New CDC Study of Calories from Alcohol Supports Alcohol Beverage Label Reform
By Gary Zizka Alcohol accounts for a large portion of the daily calories consumed by many American adults, a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study concludes. The study found 19...
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Competitive Foods Rule
By Roger R. Szemraj On February 8, 2013, the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a proposed rule entitled “Nutrition Standards for All Foods...
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What Kind of Control Over What We Eat and Drink Is Permissible in Our Democracy?
By Michael J. O’Flaherty Earlier this week, the New York State Supreme Court, New York County, in an opinion of the Honorable Milton A. Tingling, JSC, enjoined and permanently restrained New York City...
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BPA Removed from Prop 65 List After Brief Appearance
By Mark L. Itzkoff On April 11, 2013, California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) announced that it was adding bisphenol A (BPA) to the list of chemicals known to the state to...
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GMO Hearing
By Peter B. Matz Yesterday, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health held a hearing to examine FDA’s role in the regulation of genetically engineered foods (commonly, but inaccurately,...
View Article2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans Released… And Some Thought Already...
The Secretaries of Agriculture and Health and Human Services have released the 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) following what had been a captivating review of the Scientific Report of...
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By former USDA Secretary John R. Block I asked a couple of friends of mine in Illinois and Kansas – what do you think of the newly released Dietary Guidelines? Their answer – what Dietary Guidelines?...
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By Marshall Matz and Peter Matz, as published in Agri-Pulse The House of Representatives’ Freedom Caucus lists the USDA National Organic Program as one that should be a high priority for reform under...
View Article2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans Released… And Some Thought Already...
The Secretaries of Agriculture and Health and Human Services have released the 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) following what had been a captivating review of the Scientific Report of...
View ArticleJohn Block: Dietary Guidelines
By former USDA Secretary John R. Block I asked a couple of friends of mine in Illinois and Kansas – what do you think of the newly released Dietary Guidelines? Their answer – what Dietary Guidelines?...
View ArticleOrganic Reform
By Marshall Matz and Peter Matz, as published in Agri-Pulse The House of Representatives’ Freedom Caucus lists the USDA National Organic Program as one that should be a high priority for reform under...
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