Conscious Food Choices, Beyond Pesticide Residues

Sep 29, 2010Food

I buy local food (except bananas, of course. And mangoes. And the occasional Roquefort.) I eat a plant-based diet (other than the matzoh ball soup from Saul’s, because what’s a little chicken broth now and then?). I even have a chicken coop in the backyard (ok, it’s...

Alice-in-FDA-Land: More Hypocrisy on GMO Labels

Sep 24, 2010Food

This week, in explaining its position that labels will not be required on genetically engineered (GMO) salmon, FDA says that they legally cannot require such labeling. The agency claims that they are bound by labeling laws, which call for a “material” change in the...

GMO Salmon and the Banality of Corruption at FDA

Sep 22, 2010Food

Earlier this week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) held a meeting on its preliminary assessment that genetically engineered (GMO) salmon are safe to eat. A couple weeks prior, the agency released eleven years’ worth of data on the GMO fish, giving consumer and...

Truthiness and Fairness on GMO Labels at FDA

Sep 21, 2010Food

Today the FDA is meeting to discuss labeling of genetically engineered (GMO) salmon. Assuming that the agency makes the experimental fish the first GMO animal approved for human consumption, FDA’s proposal suggests that no labels will be required to let consumers know...

Spawning Disaster: FDA Poised to Approve GMO Salmon

Sep 14, 2010Food

Last month, the Food and Drug Administration announced that it will be meeting to discuss approval of the first-ever genetically engineered (GMO) animal intended for human food, a GMO salmon that may soon be on our dinner plates. But when you’re buying salmon at the...