Oregon GMO-Labeling Campaign Gets Money, Major Endorsement
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Dan Flynn
Among the first signs of trouble for California’s Proposition 37 and Washington’s Initiative 522 were critical
newspaper editorial writers who found flaws in the food-labeling measures, both of which ended up narrowly failing at the ballot box. But this year in Oregon and Colorado, anyone looking to newspaper editorials for an early cue on how...
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Why I’ll Never Give Raw Milk to My Children Again
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Amy Nordyke
More than a few years ago, I made a decision that I never dreamed would result in one of my children having
to fight for his life. I was looking for a way to improve my children’s immune systems. I was in the process of removing as many processed foods as possible from our daily...
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Perdue Will Remove Its ‘Humanely Raised’ Label to Settle HSUS Lawsuits
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News Desk
Perdue has agreed to remove the “humanely raised” claim from the labels on its Harvestland chicken
packaging. In exchange, the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) will drop two class-action lawsuits filed against the company in 2010 and 2013 in which the plaintiffs argued that the claim was a misleading one. Some research suggests...
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Taiwanese Government to Establish Food Safety Agency
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News Desk
Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou has announced plans to create a food safety agency within his government
in an effort to combat problems with tainted food and other food safety concerns that have plagued Taiwan and China in recent years, according to the China Post. The announcement comes just a month after the revelation of an...
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