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Sprout Foods Launches New Packaging for Organic Baby Food
Oct 27, 2016Sprout Foods has introduced new clear food pouches for its line of organic baby food. The updated line features existing Sprout Organic Baby Food flavors in a transparent pouch so parents can see what's inside the pouch while they ...
Tags: Sprout Foods, Organic Baby Food
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US Senate Approves Nationwide Labeling Law for GMO Food Products
Jul 12, 2016The US Senate has approved a bill, which mandates nationwide labeling of food products containing genetically modified organisms (GMO). The bipartisan bill, which mandates GMO labeling contents with words, pictures or a bar code on the ...
Tags: GMO, food system
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US Senators Reach Deal on Gmo Labeling on Packaged Food
Jun 27, 2016US Senator have reached a bipartisan deal for mandatory labeling of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in packaged foods across the country. The proposal was introduced by Senate Agricultural Committee members Sen. Pat Roberts, R- ...
Tags: GMOs, mandatory labeling
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ConAgra To Disclose GMOs On Labels Throughout US
Mar 28, 2016ConAgra Foods has joined other food giants in plans to use labels that disclose the presence of genetically modified organisms or GMOs in its food throughout the US. ConAgra and other food companies such as Campbell Soup Co , General ...
Tags: ConAgra Foods, GMOs, Labels
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General Mills Completes Sale Of Venezuelan Business To Lengfeld
Mar 22, 2016US-based food company General Mills has completed the sale of its Venezuela business to private investor Lengfeld, exiting from the country. The sale of the Venezuelan business includes brands such as Underwood, Rico Jam and ...
Tags: General Mills, Venezuela business, Lengfeld
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US Senate Stalls GMO Labeling Bill
Mar 18, 2016The US Senate has stalled a bill which would have eliminated state by state laws requiring food manufacturers to label products made with genetically modified organisms (GMOs), ahead of Vermont’s law coming into effect from July. ...
Tags: US Senate, GMO, Food manufactures, Label products
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US Agriculture Committee Approves National Labeling Bill For Bioengineered Foods
Mar 8, 2016The US Senate Agricultural Committee has passed a bill which paves the way for a single national labeling law for food made with genetically engineered ingredients, while doing away with state by state labeling. With this bill, which ...
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Missouri's Agriculture and Food Sectors Urge National Labeling Standard for GMO Foods
Oct 15, 2015Representatives of Missouri's agriculture and food sectors came to Capitol Hill Wednesday to urge passage by Congress of a uniform, national labeling standard for foods made with genetically modified organisms (GMOs). With Vermont set to ...
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Whole Foods Market Strongly Supports Oregon's Measure 92
Aug 8, 2014Whole Foods Market strongly supports Oregon's Measure 92, requiring mandatory labeling of raw and packaged foods containing Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) by January 1, 2016. More than 155,000 Oregonians signed a petition to put ...
Tags: Whole Foods, food
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GMA Has Filed a Lawsuit Challenging Vermont's Mandatory GMO Food Labeling Law
Jun 26, 2014The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), together with three other US food industry groups, has filed a lawsuit challenging Vermont’s mandatory GMO food labeling law. The new law, which would take effect from 1 July 2016, ...
Tags: US Industry Groups, Food Labeling
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Food Industry Filed a Suit in Federal Court to Block Gmo Food Labeling Law
Jun 16, 2014Food industry’s trade association, the Grocery Manufacturers Association in the US and other industry groups have filed a suit in federal court to block Vermont’s genetically modified organisms (GMO) labeling law. Filed in the ...
Tags: Food Industry, Food Labeling
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GMO Food Labeling Law Was Signed by Vermont
May 12, 2014Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin has signed a law requiring the labeling of genetically-engineered foods, making the state the first in the country to mandate genetically modified organism (GMO) labeling. Under the new law, foods that ...
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Five New England States to Impose Labeling Requirements on Foods
Feb 10, 2014Knitting together at least five New England states to impose labeling requirements on foods with ingredients containing genetically modified organisms(GMOs)just became more elusive. That's because in New Hampshire,the House of ...
Tags: foodsafety, GMO, Food
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February Is a Good Time to Look at The Causes and Cure for Heart Disease.
Nov 21, 2013With this coming February being American Heart Month and with the holiday gluttony behind us, maybe this is a good time to look at the causes and cure for heart disease. Heart disease is the number one killer in civilized nations with ...
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Washington State Voters Turned Down Another Flawed Gmo Labeling
Nov 11, 2013No water for agriculture is slow-moving disaster At least $68 million has been poured down a rat hole thanks a bunch of brainless anarchists who don't seem to understand that the public is not fearful of genetically modified food and sees ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food