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05/17/2017 / By Tracey Watson

Interesting quiz reveals the truth behind what’s really “healthy”

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced last year that it was considering revising its criteria for what constitutes “healthy,” and which foods could, therefore, make that claim on their packaging. And thank goodness for that, because their outdated thinking about fats and other nutrients previously meant that even really unhealthy foods could be labeled […]

03/10/2017 / By Vicki Batts

Another state appears ready to legalize the sale of raw milk

Recently, a bill to legalize the retail sale of raw milk was introduced to the Rhode Island Senate. Currently, Rhode Island is one of just eight states that has a total ban on the sale of raw milk, but this new piece of legislation seeks to change their rigid stance, and simultaneously eschew the federal […]

03/05/2017 / By Daniel Barker

EPA and FDA give go ahead for 3 types of GMO potatoes… planting begins this year

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have given permission to Idaho-based agribusiness giant J.R. Simplot Co. to begin the spring planting and fall harvesting of three different types of genetically modified potatoes. Simplot says that the varieties are genetically engineered to resist the pathogen associated with late blight, the […]

02/27/2017 / By Vicki Batts

Why is the FDA under a gag order to hide details about a massive cheese recall?

Sargento’s recall on a number of their cheese products for possible Listeria contamination has been making major headlines. But what you may not have heard is that an additional 130 kinds of cheese and products containing cheese are also under recall — for containing the same Listeria-contaminated cheese produced by Deutsch Kase Haus LLC. A number […]

01/19/2017 / By Natural News Editors

FDA approves GMO pink pineapple, despite lack of independent studies

While more and more people are becoming educated about the true history of Monsanto and genetically engineered foods, most still don’t realize one extremely important piece of information: the FDA’s surprising lack of safety testing. (Article by BlackListedNews.com) In regards to GMOs, the FDA’s declaration of “substantial equivalence” means that there is no long-term, independent […]

01/15/2017 / By Amy Goodrich

Millions of Americans have been over-paying for chicken thanks to this mathematical glitch

Thanks to “gardening blogger” Arty G. Schronce from the Georgia Department of Agriculture you’ve probably overpaid for chicken meat in the past few years. The New York Times recently reported some significant flaws in the indexes that determine the price of chicken meat in grocery stores. As it turns out, the prices have been rigged. […]

12/29/2016 / By Isabelle Z.

Canada aims to make food labels easier for consumers to understand

Canada has announced new changes aimed at making the nutrition labels on packaged foods easier for consumers to understand. While many people are commending their efforts, critics feel the new measures don’t quite go far enough. The point of the changes, according to Health Canada, is to make it easier for people to make healthy […]

12/20/2016 / By Amy Goodrich

FDA announces recalls for powdered milk products for fear of salmonella contamination

Over the past week, eight food recalls have been issued because the products may contain contaminated milk powder. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reported a series of related recalls in fear of Salmonella contamination. The contaminated milk powder products in question, made by Valley Milk Products, include Valley Milk’s High Heat Nonfat Dry Milk […]

01/21/2016 / By Julie Wilson

After contaminating U.S. chicken with arsenic for more than 65 years, FDA finally phases out last arsenic-based drug used in animal feed

Healthy food activists rang in the New Year with an exciting victory in the fight for cleaner, healthier food, after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officially kicked arsenic-based animal drugs to the curb; hopefully for good. As of Dec. 31, 2015, the FDA withdrew approval for all applications of nitarsone (or Histostat), an […]

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