Food Politics

JANUARY 10, 2024

I was excited to read in The Lancet that Colombia has enacted a tax on junk foods. This is a tax on ultra-processed foods! The post Colombia is taxing ultra-processed foods! appeared first on Food Politics by Marion Nestle. Colombia already has warning labels. Here’s who else has them. The warning label movement!

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Zero Waste Strategies (ZWS), a Texas-based environmental consultancy, is working to clarify legal misconceptions surrounding food donation laws and ensure potential donors are informed of the incentives theyre entitled to. million tons of food in the United States went unsold or uneaten, with 32.6 Especially food waste, Savage says.

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Food Politics

AUGUST 8, 2023

AAFCO, the American Association of Feed Control Officials, says i ts membership has at last agreed to fix pet food labels so they look more like Nutrition Facts labels. Here’s what the nutrition information on a pet food label looks like now. Pet food labels follow the regulations for animal feed, not human food.

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Food Politics

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Mondelēz International, Tate & Lyle, Pepsico and a host of other global food and drink manufacturing majors face fresh scrutiny over their links to government-advising scientists…. The post UK nutrition experts have many ties to food companies: conflicted interests, anyone? Read more Villainized? Not exactly.

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Caff

JULY 31, 2023

Depending on your product, you may need to attend Acidified Foods Manufacturing School, to have the necessary food safety certificates to create the product. The post Online Acidified Foods Manufacturing School Scholarship appeared first on Community Alliance with Family Farmers.

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Food Politics

OCTOBER 18, 2023

California’s AB 418, the California Food Safety Act, is now law. That same year, the FDA said it would “take steps” to ban the use of Red 3 in foods, ingested drugs, and dietary supplements. As I keep saying, food companies are not public health or social service agencies. Note: we are talking candy here, not health foods.

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Food Politics

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

FDA Warning Letters : The FDA has sent warning letters to ByHeart, Mead Johnson Nutrition (Reckitt), & Perrigo Wisconsin for violating basic food safety standards in manufacture of infant formula. They are usually loaded with sugar and they don’t teach kids about diverse food flavors and textures. Here are four.

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NASDA

MARCH 3, 2025

Letter Dear Secretary Rollins: The undersigned participants in the Food Industry Codex Coalition (FICC)1 congratulate you on your recent confirmation as Secretary of Agriculture. Mission in Rome to influence positions on Codex issues at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization or with other countries at bilateral levels.

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Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Protein Industries Canada has released “The Road to $25 Billion,” an updated roadmap for Canada’s ingredient manufacturing, food processing, and bio-products sector, which includes a goal of $25 billion in revenue by 2035. “Currently, Read More

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Food Politics

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

I’m always surprised when the nutrition community opposes evidence for the association of ultra-processed foods with poor health outcomes. Aldi Stores Ltd [link] Associated British Foods www.abf.co.uk Nomad Foods Europe www.iglo.com PepsiCo UK Ltd www.pepsico.co.uk national dietary guidelines). Front group anyone?

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Food Politics

JULY 17, 2023

I am devoting this week to the pushback against advice to reduce consumption of ultra-processed foods. It is coming from the food industry, of course, government agencies with ties to the food industry, and nutritionists who focus on the benefits of nutrients, without contextualizing the foods and diets they come from (“nutritionism”).

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Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Psilocybin was designated as a breakthrough therapy by the Food and Drug Administration for the first time in 2018 , for its promising impact on treatment-resistant depression and other mental health conditions. Tori Armbrust, owner of Satori Farms, was the first manufacturer of psilocybin to get her license in Oregon.

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Jayson Lusk

MARCH 20, 2023

A key cost in the production of food is labor. As a consequence, one of the drivers of rising food prices is higher wages in the food sector. But, just how much have wages increased in the food sector? Check out the data dashboard on our Center for Food Demand Analysis and Sustainability (CFDAS) website.

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NASDA

MARCH 25, 2025

Should states require manufacturers to label a product in contravention to EPA findings and FIFRA, it places the manufacturer in a no-win situationeither do not comply with a state requirement or comply with the state requirement and include language on a pesticide package that is false and misleading.

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 27, 2024

Recycled content in food packaging is increasing as sustainability advocates press manufacturers to cut their use of virgin plastic. In addition, the FDA relies on manufacturers’ test data when it approves materials, leaving companies essentially in charge of policing themselves. Since 1990, the U.S. The Coca-Cola Co.

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Food Politics

JANUARY 28, 2025

Charles Platkin sent me this article from Food Manufacturing : Eating pork linked with better handgrip strength, industry group says. The authors and sponsor strictly adhered to the American Society for Nutritions guiding principles for private funding for food science and nutrition research. And went right to the source.

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Food Politics

MARCH 27, 2025

Heres a short collection of recent items on the plant-based food market. Plant-based watch: Whats the latest on plant-based in food and beverages :The plant-based industry has faced some serious difficulties in recent years. So, whats next for animal-free foods and beverages. Duckweed is far more than just a pond-dwelling plant.

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Western FarmPress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Researchers at UGA Center for Food Safety are studying potential use of antimicrobial blue light to eliminate pathogens in manufacturing facilities.

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Civil Eats

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Food and agriculture businesses across Western North Carolina are telling similar stories amid the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. And yet those same farmers, as well as people farther up the supply chain in the Asheville area’s vaunted food scene , have been working to support their communities, even as they deal with the fallout themselves.

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Philabundance

APRIL 7, 2025

If you’re in the food supply chain growers, importers, manufacturers, or wholesalers youve probably had at least one moment where you stared down a few pallets of perfectly safe, perfectly good products that just weren’t moving. Were a food bank (not a pantry important distinction) that serves pantries across our region.

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ATTRA

JANUARY 6, 2025

million in Infrastructure Grants to 11 projects , through the Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program (RFSI). This program aims to build resilience across the middle of the supply chain and strengthen local and regional food systems. USDA Agricultural Marketing Service partnered with Minnesota to award $9.5

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Food Tank

OCTOBER 16, 2024

California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed a bill to standardize food date labels and ban the use of “sell by” dates. California is the first state in the nation to require clear standards to cut food waste. Best if used (or frozen) by” will indicate peak food quality, and “use (or freeze) by” will indicate food safety.

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Food Politics

JULY 20, 2023

The British journal, Public Health Nutrition, published a debate about ultra-processed foods this month. Ultra-processed foods in public health nutrition: the unanswered questions , Several definitions of the degree of processing have been proposed. Invited commentaries CON: Michael Gibney. PRO: Mark Lawrence.

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Food Tank

OCTOBER 1, 2024

On September 25, Congresswoman Julia Brownley (CA-26) and I introduced the Voluntary Food Climate Labeling Act, legislation that will revolutionize the way consumers learn about the climate impact of the food they eat. Under the legislation, the U.S.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Since nutrition-facts labeling was first introduced by the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) in 1973, the back of the box has been a controversial space. A former food scientist, who worked on the Nutri-Grain bar in the 1980s , told me he was still bound by a non-disclosure agreement. Getting answers wasnt easy.

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AgriLife Today

MARCH 17, 2025

Combest hired to enhance training, research and support for Texas food manufacturers The post Texas A&M AgriLife expands Food Science and Technology Extension appeared first on AgriLife Today.

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Modern Farmer

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Food fraud has been happening since humans first began to buy and sell food, thousands of years ago. Modern food systems are built on regulations born of the need to prevent deceptive practices like these. But modern food systems are still riddled with fraud. Cheaper bulk food ingredients are also affected by fraud.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Most people don’t set out to waste food. It happens everywhere in our food system. Byproducts of processed foods get tossed out on the manufacturing line. All of these things add up; food waste cost the US $428 billion in 2022. In addition to the monetary costs, wasted food could be going to those who need it— 12.8

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Food Politics

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Ultra-processed foods and health: are we correctly interpreting the available evidence? Another attack on the concept of ultra-processed foods. The Italian food industry has been especially active in opposing NutriScore labels and anything else that might discourage sales of foods high in sugar, salt, and saturated fat.

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Food Politics

APRIL 3, 2024

As the report explains: Widespread supply disruptions for infant formula began shortly after Abbott Nutrition voluntarily recalled several powdered infant formulas manufactured at its facility in Sturgis, Michigan in response to reports of bacterial contamination on February 17, 2022. But there has to be a better way to do this.

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NASDA

JUNE 12, 2023

News Article This article was originally published by Food Safety Magazine. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to implement produce safety. “State and local health and agriculture departments have been ensuring the quality and safety of food for a long time, by conducting millions of inspections annually. .

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

He hasn’t written much about food and farming in recent years; this was his big food book. I think there are a lot of problems with his arguments; the energetic aspects of single-cell protein-manufactured foods are quite problematic. It’s also self-limiting; once you’ve produced enough food to eat, you stop.

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Food Tank

OCTOBER 28, 2023

FoodPrint recently released a new report and podcast episode about how PFAS are impacting the food system, including agricultural contamination, food packaging, preparation processes. Articles like the one you just read are made possible through the generosity of Food Tank members. Environmental Protection Agency.

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Agwired

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Yara North America announces the launch of the YaraAmplix biostimulant portfolio in the United States and Canada, marking a significant milestone in the company’s commitment to advancing a sustainable, resilient food system. For more information about Yara and the YaraAmplix portfolio, visit Yara.us or YaraCanada.ca.

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Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

“Upcycled” is the food trend of the year—and, hopefully, it’s one of the rare ones that is here to stay. When announcing their forecasts for food trends in 2024, organizations ranging from Whole Foods to Mintel to the Specialty Food Association predicted a growing consumer interest in foods made with upcycled ingredients.

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Food and Farming Technology

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Guardian Agriculture, a leading developer of electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) systems for commercial-scale sustainable farming, today announced that it has become the first eVTOL manufac

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Food Tank

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

The drought has left more than 7 million people without enough food. As farmers, it’s time we go back to our traditional crops,” Leonard Madanhire, a small-scale farmer in Mutare district in eastern Zimbabwe, tells Food Tank. And the Zimbabwean government is scrambling to secure up to US$2 billion to feed the population.

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