Category: Issue 309
-
European Ministers Approve Sale of Food from Offspring of Cloned Animals
European agricultural ministers have approved the sale of meat and milk from the direct offspring of cloned animals, but those products reportedly still have to receive the approval of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) before they can be sold in the European Union. Meat and milk from cloned animals themselves cannot be sold. An…
-
Proposed Application of Endorsement Guidelines to Blogging Raises Concerns
While the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) considers comments submitted by stakeholders to its proposed advertising endorsement guideline amendments, industry and blogging interests have reportedly expressed concerns about their ambiguity and suggested that voluntary ethical standards would best police the practice of “social media marketing.” The FTC’s Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising,…
-
Health Advocates Call on President Obama to Combat Obesity with New Commission
President Barack Obama (D) has been urged by health organizations, nutrition experts and physicians to sign an executive order creating a Presidential Commission on Healthy Weights, Healthy Lives to take on the nation’s escalating rates of obesity. In a June 22, 2009, letter to the president, signatories suggested that the United Kingdom’s anti-obesity campaign could…