Dr. Shiv Chopra, a former drug company scientist and 20-year senior scientific adviser at what is now Health Canada, talks with Mercola about the food supply, arguing that mechanization, chemicals and corporate-scale production have eliminated the family farm in Canada and the United States.
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Food law, regulation, government advisories and the legal fights over what reaches your plate.
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Why Did the FDA Implement Tanning Tax?
Mercola objects that dermatologists got the proposed 5 percent tax on cosmetic procedures swapped for a 10 percent tax on tanning services, arguing tanning beds are a winter source of vitamin D while the Botox tax would have raised an estimated $5.8 billion.
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Consumer and business coalition hits Bloomberg's salt reduction in food scheme (PR)
A press release from the coalition My Food My Choice attacks Mayor Bloomberg for comparing salt to asbestos while pushing a 25 percent salt cut in manufactured foods, arguing the plan would set food policy nationwide and threaten New York restaurants and jobs.
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New York City wants less salt in processed, restaurant foods
New York City's health department issued voluntary salt reduction targets covering 61 categories of packaged food and 25 classes of restaurant food, drawn up with health experts and industry, following its earlier trans fat limits and menu calorie posting rules.
Law & Regulations
New Laws 2010: California bans trans fat in restaurants
The rule caps trans fat at half a gram per serving in oils, margarines and shortening used by restaurants. Passed in 2008, it gave restaurants time to reformulate; a companion law covers baked goods from January 1, 2011, and a 2006 law cut lead in some plumbing fixtures.
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Nestle warned over misleading claims
The FDA warned Nestlé USA that labels on three Juicy Juice products carry unauthorized nutrient content claims, including “helps support brain development” and “naturally lower in sugar.” A Nestlé spokeswoman said the company intends to cooperate fully.
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Kickstart Your Health in 2010! (PR)
A Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine email asking doctors to forward its 21-Day Kickstart sign-up, which offered daily vegan menus, e-tips, nutrition webcasts and a community forum starting Jan. 1, 2010.
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College Refuses to Graduate Overweight Students
Lincoln University in Pennsylvania asks students with a BMI above 30 to complete its Fitness for Life course before graduating, and about 30 may not graduate this year. Mercola argues obesity is a consequence of diet, inactivity and unaddressed stress rather than a cause in itself.
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Dean Foods, Target Stumble - Being Forced to Correct Deceptive Practices (PR)
A USDA National Organic Program investigation, prompted by a Cornucopia Institute complaint, found Target used an image of an organic Silk product to advertise the conventional version. A new complaint accuses Dean Foods' WhiteWave of also misrepresenting the product as organic.
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Agriculture Proposal Gives Meat To The Poor--To Get Rid Of It
More than half of Americans have cut back on meat during the recession, which a dietitian links to lower saturated fat intake and an economist to falling heart attack deaths. A state agriculture group's plan would give SNAP recipients extra benefits earmarked for animal products.
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France Finds Monsanto Guilty of Lying
France's Supreme Court upheld Lyon court convictions from 2007 and 2008 finding that Monsanto falsely advertised Roundup as biodegradable and as leaving the soil clean. French environmental groups brought the case in 2001 because the EU classes glyphosate as dangerous for the environment.
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FDA Takes Action Against Dairy Farm and Owner (PR)
A federal court entered a consent decree barring Old Carolina Farm and owner Francis Roderick from selling animals for slaughter until they set up records tracking drug-treated animals, after a history of selling dairy cows and bob veal calves with illegal drug residues.
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FDA to Examine the Safety of Caffeinated Alcoholic Beverages
The FDA wrote to nearly 30 makers of caffeinated alcoholic drinks saying it will examine their safety and legality. It has approved caffeine only for soft drinks at up to 200 parts per million, and says it does not know on what basis makers judged the use in alcohol generally recognized as safe.
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Q&As on Caffeine in Alcoholic Beverages
An FDA question-and-answer sheet explains why the agency asked nearly 30 makers of caffeinated alcoholic drinks to justify the additive, noting it has approved caffeine as generally recognized as safe only in cola-type beverages at up to 200 parts per million.
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FDA: Caffeine may not be used in alcoholic beverages
The FDA wrote to about 30 makers of caffeinated alcoholic drinks, giving them 30 days to show the caffeine is approved or generally recognized as safe, or face removal from the market. The agency says 26% of college students drink them.
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FDA Backs Down on Raw Oyster Processing
The FDA dropped its proposed requirement to process raw Gulf oysters harvested in warm months after objections from state officials, lawmakers and harvesters, who cited the cost of measures such as gamma irradiation. It will first study how such controls could be implemented.
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Food supplement ban in 2010 may contravene EU law (Press Release)
The Alliance for Natural Health told the UK's Food Standards Agency that banning vitamin and mineral forms from January 1, 2010 flies in the face of the 2005 European Court of Justice ruling in ANH's case. The draft rules add 69 forms to 112 and ban all the rest.
Law & Regulations
FDA Issues 2009 FDA Food Code (Press Release)
The FDA published the 2009 Food Code, the model document state, city, county, tribal and territorial agencies use to license and inspect more than a million restaurants, stores and institutional food operations. CFSAN's Stephen Sundlof calls wide adoption important.
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