Ten days into the sugar vs. high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) jury trial, it’s over. All the parties — and there were many in Western Sugar Cooperative, et al. v. Archer Daniels-Midland Company —
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Letter From The Editor: Sugar
Alcohol and tobacco have both been the subject of a social-political war in the United States. We went from one extreme to another on the spectrum of alcohol regulation, even doing time with prohibition. Except
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FDA Says Just Don’t Call It “Corn Sugar”
High fructose corn syrup (HFCS) cannot be called “corn sugar,” the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has determined.
A citizen’s petition filed with FDA by the Washington D.C. Corn Refiners Association (CRA) on Sept. 14,
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A Sticky Situation for FDA
I worry a lot about the ability of the FDA to set limits on the excess marketing practices of food companies. The latest cause for worry is the seemingly trivial fuss over what to call
FDA Asked To Permit “Corn Sugar” On Label
Sugar is sugar, so the Corn Refiners Association would just like to call theirs “corn sugar” instead of “high fructose corn syrup.”
The association has formally asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
The American Diet: A Sweet Way to Die
I am often asked what foods I avoid because they may carry a risk of contamination with pathogenic organisms. I have a very short list of foods to avoid on principle based on concerns about
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High Fructose Corn Syrup – 'Natural' or Not?
So, let’s say I was making you dinner, and in preparing one of the ingredients was “fixed to a column by the use of a synthetic fixing agent, glutaraldehyde.” Even if I told you that
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