Online news outlet reported in April that the federal regulatory agency does not consider high-fructose corn syrup a natural ingredient based on its current policy regarding the term.
According to the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, the U.S. needs to get serious about agriculture's contribution to climate change, but he doesn't emphasize organic.
Politicians and consumer advocacy groups are calling for U.S. Department of Agriculture positions to be filled and advisory boards to be created as the Food Safety and Inspection Service department recalls products produced as long ago as 2008.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack signed an agreement today with U.S. dairy producers to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent by 2020. The agreement came as a part of the UN’s “Campaign on Climate Change” in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Monsanto Co.'s lawsuit against a Maine dairy, and recent statements by U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials about "misleading" hormone-free labels on dairy products, indicate an effort to further restrict organic dairy companies' ability to label their products as being free of a genetically engineered bovine growth hormone.
Supply Expo attendees got a primer on Food and Drug Administration and Federal Trade Commission supplements and cosmetic laws during Saturday morning’s “Live from D.C.: It’s Make Your Claims Right!” session.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced yesterday that bisphenol A will be added to a list of “chemicals of concern,” and the agency will adopt an action plan on BPA, which has been present in many hard plastic bottles and metal-based food and beverage cans since the 1960s.
Personal care legislation might not be at the top of the list for for some, but these three issues are getting noticed by many advocacy groups and overseas.
A new report from the National Institutes of Health's National Toxicology Program says that a chemical found in hard plastic water bottles might be harmful to fetuses, infants and children, contradicting a previous statement from the Food and Drug Administration that said otherwise.
Pressure is mounting on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to review the safety of food products that contain bisphenol-A, or BPA, a hormone-disrupting chemical most commonly used in the linings of some ...