USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) denied the Environmental Working Group’s petition demanding more policing of climate claims as recently as Aug. 28.
But EWG did not wait long before choosing a target and filing a federal lawsuit. The environmental and consumer organization filed a lawsuit against Tyson Foods
Continue Reading Tyson sued for its climate speech
The California Legislature has banned more food ingredients in the name of food safety. This time, six food dyes are being banned from California’s public schools. Passed unanimously by the California Senate and Assembly, the California Food Safety Act only awaits the governor’s signature to become law.
The bill prohibits
Continue Reading California extending its bans on some food additives to schools
The USDA has released new guidance for food companies that make animal-raising and climate claims about their food. This updated guideline makes recommendations to strengthen the documentation supporting animal-raising or environment-related claims on meat or poultry product labeling.
The new action builds on USDA’s work to protect consumers from
Continue Reading Food companies’ claims get more attention from the USDA
The Environmental Group is out with its annual Dirty Dozen fresh fruits and vegetables and the Alliance for Food and Farming is countering the message as usual.
The EWG generally pushes consumers to buy organic fruits and vegetables while the AFF says it is important to eat fresh produce whether
Continue Reading Non-profit groups duel about ‘clean’ fresh fruits and vegetables
Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel (D-Encino) on March 12 introduced a bill to ban six harmful food dyes and titanium dioxide from food provided in California’s public schools.
If enacted, California Assembly Bill 2316 would ban Red Dye No. 40, Yellow Dye No. 5, Yellow Dye No. 6, Blue Dye No. 1
Continue Reading California Assembly bill would keep some chemicals out of the mouths of babes
The movement to ban certain additives in food or beverages that started last year in California and spread this year first to Illinois has now reached as far as the Empire State.
Two New York State lawmakers introduced related bills to protect consumers from dangerous known and unknown additives used
Continue Reading New York State is latest to threaten removal of harmful food additives
The two non-governmental organizations, with a joint project to trim the number of food additives in candy, soda, and other food items, are moving into a second year in a second state.
The two nationally-known consumer and environmental organizations, Consumer Reports (CR) and the Environmental Working Group (EWG), in 2023
Continue Reading Campaign for a ban on certain food additives moves on to Illinois after California victory
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) has petitioned USDA to prohibit beef producers like Tyson Foods from claiming their “climate-friendly” products and to require independent verification of all climate claims companies use to market beef to consumers.
EWG earlier this year petitioned USDA to prohibit “Low-Carbon Beef” labels and require third-party
Continue Reading Beef should not be sold as ‘climate-friendly’ according to EWG petition
The California Assembly Health Committee Tuesday was scheduled to consider Assembly Bill 418, introduced in February by Assembly member Jesse Gabriel, D-San Fernando Valley, which seeks to ban five harmful food additives which are already prohibited from use in the European Union.
The bill was one of about
Continue Reading Food chemicals ban moves forward in California Assembly
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Editor’s note: A coalition of organizations sent this letter to Xavier Becerra, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Dear Secretary Becerra,
We write to express our concern about the problems in the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Foods Program and the need for
Continue Reading Coalition speaks out against luke warm plan for proposed FDA reorganization