RFK Jr. Wants To Ban Food Dyes. Would That Really Improve Public Health?
In a recent closed-door meeting with the CEOs of several major food companies—including PepsiCo, General Mills, Smucker’s, Kraft Heinz, and Kellogg’s—Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. implored the industry to eliminate artificial food dyes from their products. The secretary “expressed the strong desire and urgent priority of the administration to remove” artificial coloring from […]
The European Union should not choose fear over a measured response to food dyes
It is time to rethink food regulations. The EFSA should revise its attempt to eliminate all risks, in favor of risk-based management which aims to minimize all possible dangers European Union officials might feel vindicated after the United States Food and Drug Administration decided to ban erythrosine on the 15th of January 2025. Displayed under the number E127 on EU […]
FDA bans red dye No. 3 in Biden frenzy for regulations
The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday that it was banning red dye No. 3 from food and drugs because it causes cancer in laboratory rats. This move was part of a last-minute regulatory frenzy by the Biden administration that also included a bid to cap nicotine in cigarettes. Red dye No. 3 gives food and drinks […]
Governor Walz Needs To Answer For Failed Progressive Food Policies
The US presidential election is shaping up to be one of the most “heartland” themed campaigns in recent history. Donald Trump’s VP selection of Ohio Senator JD Vance checked the Rust Belt box for Republicans, and Democrat Kamala Harris countered with her new running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. With camo hat always on hand, Walz’s political […]
Good intentions, bad results: Don’t take away choices from SNAP recipients
No matter how far you fall in our country, there are trusted programs at various levels of government to help pick people back up. That’s why the upcoming expiration of the 2018 Farm Bill, set for Sept. 30th, is drawing so much attention on Capitol Hill, as lawmakers work overtime to renew it and advance partisan […]
Can Joe Biden restore food trade talks with Europe?
For the EU, former President Donald Trump’s international policy was seen as a major regression for global trade policy. When former EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker signed the EU-Japan trade deal in 2018 — abolishing virtually all tariffs — Europe sold the move as being in significant contrast to the protectionism taken in the United […]
PAS DE CRISE ALIMENTAIRE… VRAIMENT ?
L’Union européenne semble avoir choisi de déformer la réalité de notre crise alimentaire. Comme ce ne serait pas un problème, elle fait même tout son possible pour l’aggraver… Des commissaires qui prétendent que nous avons une récolte record et que la situation est non seulement bien, mais excellente… cela nous fait indéniablement penser à La Ferme […]
What the US can learn from Europe’s war-induced food crisis
Lift the sanctions on Russia, and we’ll allow for Ukraine to export its food: that was the message that Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko passed on to its European counterparts recently. Moscow has been responsible for blocking Ukrainian transport ships carrying grain from passage through the Black Sea. Around 24 million metric tons of wheat and […]
LE NUTRI-SCORE SERA-T-IL BIENTÔT ABANDONNÉ ?
Pendant des années, ce système a été présenté comme un élément essentiel de l’information des consommateurs, au point qu’une adoption à l’échelle de l’UE était envisagée. De nouvelles informations justifient plutôt son abandon. Le système du Nutri-Score est en principe clair. Il viser à renseigner les consommateurs sur la valeur nutritionnelle d’un produit sur une […]
Congress Wants to Copy Some of the EU’s Worst Food Rules. That’s a Bad Idea
There is simply no argument in favor of copying EU food regulations. Legislation looming in the US Congress could emulate European food standards by copying European agricultural regulation. PACTA (Protect America’s Children from Toxic Pesticides Act), legislation sponsored by Senators Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, and Bernie Sanders would outlaw any pesticide that is illegal in either European […]
Fight mycotoxin contamination with modern technology
Every consumer will know this problem: you come home from a long trip but the fruits, vegetables, and yoghurt are still in the fridge. “Expiry dates are just an industry trick to sell more food” is a thought that leads some to disregard the mould that has formed on all of these items over time, […]
Putting a price on the European Green Deal
A Commission impact assessment lays out what happens if the EGD is implemented, and it does not look good, writes the Consumer Choice Center’s Bill Wirtz. The European Green Deal (EGD) is one of the cornerstones of the Von der Leyen Commission. It is hardly controversial to say that European policymakers have responded to public […]
