Category: Media Coverage
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Katy Steinmetz, “Soda Wars Bubble Up Across the Country,” Time, Feb. 20, 2014
“Soda and other sugary drinks are popping up on city and state dockets across the nation, as lawmakers attempt to curb America’s consumption of certain beverages,” writes Time reporter Katy Steinmetz in this February 20, 2014, article summarizing recent campaigns to limit sales of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) and energy drinks while raising revenue for government-backed…
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NYT “Room for Debate” Contributors Urge CVS to Drop Soda, Energy Drinks
Contributors to a recent New York Times “Room for Debate” column have urged CVS Caremark Corp. to stop selling soda, energy drinks and high-calorie snacks in the wake of its decision to discontinue the sale of tobacco products. Noting in her debate response that “food is not tobacco,” New York University Nutrition Professor Marion Nestle…
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Efforts Underway to Interest State AGs in Obesity Litigation
According to Politico.com, an attorney who formerly represented cigarette manufacturers and served as in-house counsel for a major food company has written to the attorneys general (AGs) of 16 states seeking to interest them in bringing a lawsuit against “big food” to recover the financial Medicaid burdens associated with treating obesity-related diseases. Similar to AG…
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Wired Magazine Highlights Monsanto’s “Quest for the Perfect Veggie”
A recent article published in Wired magazine has highlighted how Monsanto Co. is using its experience with transgenic crops “to create vegetables that have all the advantages of genetically modified organisms [GMOs] without any of the Frankenfoods ick factor.” According to author Ben Paynter, the agribusiness company has started investing in its own “novel strains…
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Bittman Issues Call to Action on Healthful Food Policies
New York Times op-ed writer Mark Bittman has authored a commentary urging the federal government to adopt policies and incentives to benefit growers and consumers “with products that [are] less damaging to the environment and public health.” Focusing on three broad food categories—“industrially produced animal products,” “junk food” and “real food”—Bittman explains how certain policies…
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Consumer Groups Harness Power of Social Media to Influence Food Industry
A recent New York Times article highlights how groups such as the Center for Science in the Public Interest as well as individual consumers have harnessed the power of social media to bring their concerns directly to food companies. Titled “Social Media as a Megaphone to Pressure the Food Industry,” the article describes several instances…
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Boston Public Radio Program Asks Whether Sugar Is FDA’s Next Target
The public radio program Here and Now recently asked Corby Kummer, a food writer and senior editor for The Atlantic, whether the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) move to revoke the generally recognized as safe (GRAS) status for trans fat lays the groundwork for the agency to take a similar action against the use…
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Bittman Condemns Beyoncé’s Marketing Deal with Pepsi
According to New York Times food commentator Mark Bittman, Beyoncé Knowles has joined a list of celebrities who have entered endorsement deals for products “that may one day be ranked with cigarettes as a killer.” The singer has apparently agreed to “have the Pepsi logo painted on her lips and have a limited-edition Pepsi can…