Category: Issue 627
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Environmental Groups Seek to Intervene on Seafood Traceability Rule Lawsuit
Three environmental and conservation advocacy groups have moved to intervene in a lawsuit filed by a group of seafood processing, distribution and retail companies to block implementation of the Seafood Import Monitoring Program. Alfa Int’l Seafood, Inc. v. Sullivan, No. 17-0031 (D.D.C., motion filed March 7, 2017). Natural Resources Defense Council, Oceana and the Center…
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Appy Juice Drinks’ “Natural” Claim Ruled Unsubstantiated and Misleading
The U.K. Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) upheld a complaint about the “About Us” section of its website for Appy Food & Drinks, which contained a claim that all of the advertiser’s juice drinks were “100% natural” despite containing calcium lactate and glucose-fructose syrup. Appy Foods asserted that calcium lactate is a salt obtained through a…
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Bill Addresses Foreign Acquisitions of U.S. Food and Agricultural Businesses
The U.S. Senate is considering a bill that would give food and agriculture officials greater oversight of mergers and acquisitions involving U.S. food companies and foreign entities and includes new criteria to determine whether a transaction could result in control of a U.S. business by a foreign company. The bill would make the Secretary of…
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Stakeholders Voice Opinions About Modernizing “Healthy” at FDA Meeting
Concerns about how or whether the term “healthy” should be used in food labeling and packaging prompted the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to hold a public comment meeting on the issue on March 9, 2017. Current FDA regulations allow the use of the term “healthy,” as well as similar terms, as implied nutrient-content…