By Charlie Arnot – I was stunned to hear a mother express guilt about being “unable to afford meat that doesn’t have antibiotics in it.” I wondered how many parents who are trying to provide the...
Read MoreForbes: The Clean Label Project Is Using Bad Science To Scare Us About Our Children’s Food
By Kavin Senapathy – FUD, which stands for fear, uncertainty and doubt, is a disinformation strategy dating back to the early 20th century. It was perhaps most famously employed by Microsoft, which integrated it as a...
Read MoreForbes: Surprise! Shoppers Are Confused About Food And GMOs
By Phil Lempert — Two new surveys come to the same conclusion: The average American shopper is clueless when it comes to having an understanding of what is a genetically modified organism (GMO). A new nationally representative Food...
Read MoreQUARTZ: Non-GMO Food Labels are Misleading — And Could Be Harming You and the Environment
By Michael Tabb — We’re surrounded by information about the health and nutritional benefits of different food, but a lot of it conflicts—and it’s leaving people more confused than ever about how to make healthy food...
Read MoreLos Angeles Times: Milk, Salads, Kitty Litter, Condoms: ‘Non-GMO’ Labels Sow Confusion
By Geoffrey Mohan – Clover Sonoma dairy has long cultivated a dual image of folksy kitsch and foodie trend-spotting. While its cartoon mascot, Clo the Cow, cracked tortured puns on billboards along U.S. 101, the Bay Area’s...
Read MoreMilwaukee Journal Sentinel: Dairy Industry Group Continues to Attack Food Companies Over Alleged ‘Fear-Based’ Labeling
By Rick Barrett – A dairy industry group with strong ties to Wisconsin has added more examples to its list of what the group says is “fear-based” food labeling. The latest examples range from “non-GMO” labels...
Read MoreFood Chemical News: Campaign Against ‘Fear-based’ Labeling Adds Big Names to the List
By William G Schulz – A campaign to stop “fear-based” food labeling, called “Peel Back the Label,” has added food companies Perdue, Tysons, Living Fresh, Cuties, and Del Monte to its hall of shame. The companies have...
Read MoreThe Guardian: Think You’re Too Smart to Be Taken in by Silly Food Labels? Think Again
By Arwa Mahdawi – I feel it in my fingers. I feel it in my toes. Love is all around me. But it shouldn’t be in granola bowls. So says the US Food and Drug Administration,...
Read MorePR Week: Why Mann Packing is Removing Non-GMO Labels as Major Brands Add Them
By Diana Bradley – One year ago, Mann Packing went through the process of getting some of its vegetable products Non-GMO Project Verified. Now, the company is trying to distance itself from non-GMO labeling. The company...
Read MoreThe New Food Economy: How “Free-From” and Other Food Labels Actually Affect Us
By Patrick Clinton – What could be conceptually simpler than labeling a food product? You tell the customers what’s in the product, or maybe what’s not in it, or maybe what you did to manufacture it—or...
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