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February 9, 2015

Americans Buy Organic, Non-GMO Food Without Knowing What It Means …

Americans Buy Organic, Non-GMO Food Without Knowing What It Means …
There's even a “Coming Clean Campaign” launched by the Organic Consumers Association. It asks both consumers and retailers to take action by buying and selling USDA organic seal products that ensure food and personal care and cosmetic products are …
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House members debate need for national GMO labeling standards
The discussion ranged from individual state GMO labeling laws to H.R. 4432, the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. That act – authored by Rep. Mike Pompeo, R-Kan., and Rep. … Tom Dempsey, president and CEO of the Snack Food Association, said that …
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The secret history of beauty: How the Greeks invented Western civilization's …
We do not typically classify these under the rubric of art, although here again our notions of what a beautiful woman or beautiful landscape looks like may well be influenced by artifice, via the cosmetics and fashion industries or images of cultivated …
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January 29, 2015

FDA Warning Letters: Excessive Drug Levels Top List of Latest Food Problems

FDA Warning Letters: Excessive Drug Levels Top List of Latest Food Problems
Illegal levels of drug residues in food animals topped the list of problems with food producers in the latest round of warning letters from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for alleged violations of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. FDA …
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The Truth Behind 'Organic' Food Labeling
The longtime journalist and author discovered that some companies couldn't verify that their sources were organic, and found other issues with fraudulent labeling in this $ 28 billion industry. How can … You can read the USDA Organic guidelines …
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December 20, 2014

Pesticides linked to depression in farmers, USDA approves a GMO potato: Food …

Pesticides linked to depression in farmers, USDA approves a GMO potato: Food …
Diamond in the rough: Geophysicists have been trying to simulate conditions near the Earth's lower mantle and in the process have been figuring out ways to manufacture diamonds, including, with peanut butter. Potato, potato: The USDA has approved a …
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Cooper Tire Begins Testing Tires Made with Guayule Component
The consortium received the BRDI grant in 2012 from the USDA and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to conduct research aimed at developing enhanced manufacturing processes for the production of solid rubber from the guayule plant as a biomaterial …
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Paiutes win grant to USDA grant
Since the beginning of the Obama Administration, the RBEG program has helped create or save more than 90,000 rural jobs, provided more than $ 54 million in economic development assistance, improved manufacturing capability, expanded health care and …
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November 17, 2014

Sani Professional® Food Safety Advisory Council Launches The Sani Awards™

Sani Professional® Food Safety Advisory Council Launches The Sani Awards™
ORANGEBURG, N.Y., Oct. 15, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Sani Professional, the food safety division of Professional Disposables International (PDI), and the Sani Professional Food Safety Advisory Council (SPFSAC) are proud to announce The Sani Awards™ …
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