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Olive oil lobby to FDA: Regulate us, please

11.07.2019
Jessica Fu
Heard of books, butlers, lifters, or flat irons? Spoiler alert: They’re all the same steak.
10.01.2019
by Marilyn Noble
Texas meat company execs plead guilty to selling $1 million worth of uninspected, adulterated beef to federal prisons
09.27.2019
by Jessica Fu
In the largest prosecution of organic fraud in U.S. history, Iowa grain seller sentenced to 10 years in prison
08.20.2019
by Jesse Hirsch
How will FDA regulate “added sugar” labels for products that are actually just sugar?
06.24.2019
by Jessica Fu
Louisiana bill would require country of origin labeling on restaurant menus
05.15.2019
by Jessica Fu
Washington passed a cage-free egg bill in the name of animal welfare. Why are the egg industry’s fingerprints all over it?
05.09.2019
by Jessica Fu
After prodding by Splenda maker, FDA proposes first exemption to “added sugar” label requirement
05.02.2019
by Jessica Fu
Confused by almond milk? FDA commenters sure aren’t
04.26.2019
by Sam Bloch + The Counter
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