As communities struggle with food insecurity and farmers face a range of climate-fueled disasters, lawmakers have a chance to build a farm bill that tackles both in 2023. Will they? Read more.
Get Informed on U.S. Legislation That Could Restrict Your Health Freedom
Public Schools to start serving Kraft Lunchables, Thanks to a ‘Sweetheart Deal’ with USDA
Starting this fall, more highly processed foods will be on the menu for children in public schools thanks to a “major new initiative” to get Kraft Heinz’s “Lunchables” products into U.S. public school cafeterias. Read more.
New Bill to Protect CBD Supplements Needs Your Support
A bill has been reintroduced that ensures we can continue to use CBD supplements to stay healthy—it needs our support. Action Alert! For a while now, we’ve been telling you about the FDA’s attack on CBD oil, a natural, safe, and non-addictive alternative to dangerous opioid drugs. The FDA upped the ante earlier this year when they released a statement explaining that the “existing regulatory framework” for foods and supplements are not appropriate for CBD and that a new regulatory pathway is needed. Read more.
FDA Seeks New Authority to Restrict Supplement Access
The FDA has asked for the authority to implement an anti-supplement policy—we can’t let it happen. Action Alert! The agency wants to institute “mandatory product listing” for dietary supplements. This policy sounds innocuous but creates a slippery slope towards regulations that would restrict your supplement choices. Read more.
To Protect Corporate Profits, U.S. Plans to Bully Mexico into Buying GMO Corn
Corporate money has always corrupted the political process in order to create laws and trade agreements that protect corporate profits at the expense of not just U.S. citizens, but citizens of the world. We can find, perhaps, no better case in point than genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Read more.
EPA Acts on PFAS
Thanks to your advocacy, the agency is proposing drinking water limits on six PFAS chemicals. But there’s a lot more work to do. Action Alert! For the first time, the EPA has proposed enforceable limits on six PFAS chemicals in Americans’ drinking water. Read more.
Farm and Ranch Groups Applaud USDA’s “Product of U.S.A.” Label Announcement
Farm Action and American Grassfed Association applaud USDA’s announcement of a proposed rule limiting the use of the voluntary “Product of U.S.A.” label exclusively to meat, poultry, and egg products derived from animals born, raised, slaughtered, and processed in the United States. Read more.
29 States Just Banned Laws About Seeds…
With little notice, more than two dozen state legislatures have passed “seed-preemption laws” designed to block counties and cities from adopting their own rules on the use of seeds, including bans on GMOs. Read more.
FDA hasn’t Reviewed some Food Additives in Decades
There are more than 10,000 chemicals and additives allowed in food in the United States, often in small amounts. But many haven’t been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration in decades. The majority are safe, but some chemicals allowed in the U.S. have been banned overseas after research has linked them to cancer and developmental or behavioral issues. Read more.
Bolthouse Farms Sued After Smoothie With ‘100% Fruit Juice’ Tests Positive for PFAS
A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Bolthouse Farms, alleging the California-based beverage company misled customers by claiming that its Green Goodness smoothie consists of “100% Fruit Juice.” Testing found the beverage contains toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” at levels well above the federal advisory limits for drinking water. Read more.