Let’s say you walk into the supermarket with the idea that you’re going to finally purchase healthy food. You know what calories and saturated fats are, but the difference between polyunsaturat, saturated and trans fat boggles your mind. Should you pay attention to that content, or should you be looking at the amount of […]
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Will new food labels encourage people to eat healthier?
Because food manufacturers have been criticize for years for their vague labeling standards, the federal government. Eventually require companies to modified their labels. While this has excite many health activists. An important question still remains: Will these new labeling regulations result in healthier eaters? A new study published in the Journal of Public Policy […]
France’s new label regulations sparks passionate debate
Food manufactures (along with other critics) have long fought against food labels that offered unparalleled ingredient transparency to consumers. But that hasn’t stopped many health experts and concerned people around the world to push for labeling alterations. Take France, for example, which resisted pressure from many within the European Union to not color code their […]
New GMO labeling law requires companies to get creative with labeling
Is the United States too genetically modifie? Many critics think so, which is why they’ve been trying to force food manufacturers to label GMO products. On July 1, Vermont required manufactures to label all food products. Within the state to notify consumers whether or not the items were GMOs. Many large manufacturers took Vermont’s […]