An Organic Consumers Association newsletter carrying Ronnie Cummins' open letter asking Sen. Bernie Sanders to oppose H.R. 1599, which would preempt state GMO labeling laws, and seeking 100,000 petition signatures in seven days.
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Food
School Nutrition Leaders Prep Produce Industry for Capitol Hill
United Fresh will host a roundtable with three school nutrition leaders to prepare produce industry leaders to lobby Congress on protecting fruit and vegetable standards in the 2015 Child Nutrition Reauthorization.
Politics
31,254 more signatures needed for GMO labeling - EWG -updated
An Environmental Working Group appeal from president Ken Cook asking readers to sign a petition urging the Senate and White House to oppose the DARK Act and support mandatory GMO labeling.
Food
ANNIE B’S IS NUTS FOR COCONUT AND YOU’D BE INSANE NOT TO LOVE THEIR NEW COCONUT CARAMEL FLAVOR!
Annie B's, a family-owned caramel maker in Kellogg, Minnesota, has added a coconut caramel to its lineup. The company says its slow-cooked, copper-pot caramels are hand crafted from natural ingredients and free of gluten and high fructose corn syrup.
Politics
Food & Water Watch Calls on SEC to Reject GMO Salmon Stock Filings
Food & Water Watch asked the SEC to reject AquaBounty's stock registration filings, saying the GMO salmon maker misleads investors. The group cites a Canadian government risk assessment reporting sharply reduced growth rates for the fish at the company's commercial facility.
Alerts
KellBran Candies Issues Allergy Alert on Undeclared Milk in Caramel Popcorn
KellBran Candies of Akron, Ohio recalled 8-oz bags of Caramel Popcorn with expiration dates of 11/30/2015 and 12/31/2015 after a state inspection found the label did not declare the milk in its butter. No illnesses or reactions have been reported.
Chemical
Watch Historic Denver Fluoridation Forum
Denver's Water Board will host the city's first public information session on fluoridation, with three experts on each side and no public comment taken. The board's decision affects more than 1.5 million metro residents, and the forum will stream live.
Vitamins
Vitamin D fights hepatitis B
Among 426 people with chronic hepatitis B followed about 13 years, those deficient in vitamin D at baseline were 90 percent more likely to develop clinical events such as liver cancer, cirrhosis complications or death. Event rates were 25.5 percent with deficiency versus 11.1 percent without.
Phytochemicals
High Total Antioxidant Capacity Reduces Risk of Breast Cancer
Among 3,209 Dutch women followed a median 17 years, high dietary ferric reducing antioxidant potential scores tracked with 32% lower breast cancer risk, though no single antioxidant did. Among smokers, low alpha- and beta-carotene intake went with sharply higher risk.
Miscellaneous
You pay tax to support abortion
Planned Parenthood performed about 332,000 abortions in 2009 and took in $164 million from those services, according to Wikipedia. A Fox News report puts a taxpayer earning $50,000 to $100,000 at $15.51 contributed to the group through income tax.
Chemical
Trans fat linked to elevated breast cancer risk
A 2007 American Journal of Epidemiology study of 19,934 French women followed for seven years found those in the highest quintile of circulating trans-monounsaturated fatty acids were 75% more likely to develop breast cancer; cis-monounsaturated fats showed no such link.
Chemical
Trans fat boosts diabetes mellitus risk - study
In the Cardiovascular Health Study, adults in the top quartile of circulating trans fats t-16:1n9 and t-18:1 were 59 and 91 percent more likely to develop type 2 diabetes. Dietary trans fat intake was also positively associated, but not significantly after adjustment.
Alerts
Brown Packing Recalls Veal Products Due To Possible E. Coli Contamination
Brown Packing Company of South Holland, Ill. is recalling an undetermined amount of veal trimmings produced between February 2014 and July 2015 after FSIS testing found E. coli O157:H7 and non-O157 STEC. The product reached eight states.
Food
Fructose may induce NAFLD
Among 427 adults with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, fructose intake tracked with less steatosis but more fibrosis, and in those aged 48 and older with more liver inflammation and hepatocyte ballooning. It also correlated with high triglycerides, low HDL and high uric acid.
Politics
Wallets Stuffed Full of Monsanto Cash? - newsletter 072415 from Organic Consumers Associaiton
An Organic Consumers Association newsletter reporting that 275 House members voted for H.R. 1599, which the group calls the DARK Act and says would pre-empt state GMO labeling laws, and asking supporters to fund lobbying to stop the bill in the Senate.
Alerts
Akttive High Performance Fat Burner Gold Capsules Recalled
Life & More is recalling 783 bottles of Akttive High Performance Fat Burner Gold capsules after FDA testing found sibutramine, desmethylsibutramine and phenolphthalein. Sibutramine left the U.S. market in 2010; the firm has had no reports of illness or injury.
Politics
You must act now to stop the Dark Act
A federal bill to ban state GMO labeling laws has left the House Agriculture Committee and heads for a full House vote. The Institute for Responsible Technology asks readers to contact their representative and oppose H.R. 1599, the Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015.
Politics
USDA Criticized for Organic Livestock Proposal
The Cornucopia Institute is urging stakeholders to file comments with the USDA by July 27 against a proposed organic livestock rule, arguing it could let large dairies keep bringing conventionally raised replacement animals onto already certified organic farms.
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