FDA
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That chocolate cake won’t last forever, but the chemicals in it might
The FDA found disturbingly high levels of PFAS in common foods including (sob) chocolate cake
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The FDA is confused about the definition of ‘milk,’ so we talked to a dictionary expert
"Almond milk" dates back to the 1400s, says lexicographer Kory Stamper.
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The feds are trying to figure out what “natural” food is. Don’t get your hopes up.
There's still time to tell the FDA what you think the "natural" label should mean.
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The U.S. is cutting out trans fats from processed foods by 2018
The FDA will ban partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs), the largest source of trans fats in processed foods, by 2018. This is a big deal.
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In New Legal Initiative Against Cheese Maker, FDA Seeks Oversight Over Entirely Local Operation
At first glance, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s two-year legal assault on Estrella Family Creamery in Washington state appears entirely vindictive. The FDA seems intent on using its enormous enforcement powers to cruelly stomp on and obliterate a tiny business that serves as the livelihood of the Estrella family, and a source of eating […]
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FDA: High-fructose corn syrup will not be called ‘corn sugar’
The Food and Drug Administration officially rejected the Corn Refiners Association's request to refer to HFCS as the more benign-sounding “corn sugar” in packaged food ingredient lists.
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Four important food and farm stories you may have missed
Antibiotics, eggs, nitrogen, and Monsanto's new seeds: A food politics news roundup.
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FDA to GMO labeling campaign: What million signatures?
Last week, the Just Label It campaign says they turned in 1 million signatures asking the FDA to label genetically engineered foods. The agency says it received a little under 400. What's going on here?
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Critical List: Pesticides are killing bees; North Sea gas leak only sort of dangerous
A look at the news of the day.