Food labeling regulations

People assume that because I have the label skinny, means that I don’t eat. I get a lot of those comments at school since I don’t eat at the school. That is when I get the anorexic label. This is when the labeling game goes too far to the point that it is degrading my self-confidence. I get told by classmates that I am too skinny and I need to gain weight. I don’t think they realize it, but, in my opinion, that comment is the same as me calling someone too…

At the University of Connecticut, located in Storrs, Connecticut, all first-year students are required to live on campus. The University provides several housing options, including thematic communities like Honors Program housing or Business Connections Learning Community housing, gender-inclusive housing, and standard co-educational, non-thematic options. Regardless of a student’s housing selection, the student will live in a community that is maintained by Resident Assistants. Depending on the…

Overall, the solution to this problem isn’t a matter of more regulation, instead we need better regulation. Unnecessary red tape actually benefits the “too big to fail banks” because the smaller banks can’t keep up the new rules. With that in mind, we need the proper leadership to enforce the laws that are on the books. For instance, the Justice Department received an abysmal average of 72 referrals a year from bank regulators for potential criminal charges for the period of 2006 through 2010.…

product “Just Mayo.” To the average consumer, this product may seem to be another brand of mayonnaise, when in fact it is not. This is misleading to consumers. The government has regulations in place as to what can or cannot be called mayonnaise, but it is my belief that if America is to sustain its prosperity, these regulations should not be a requirement except in the most extreme of cases. Hampton Creek, just as any other company that produces a good or delivers a service, holds the…

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are currently sharing the responsibility of regulating agricultural biotechnology in the United States. According to the EPA web page (2015), the EPA uses five important fundamental principles as a guide to making decisions about their biotechnology regulatory program, they include, “Using sound science, ensuring transparency of the decision-making…

difference between before and after the Dodd-Frank Act was not the technology but more of how to refine the tools we have and have better processes in place to help compliance with these new rules and regulations. This was enacted to be a sweeping overhaul of the United Stated financial regulation system and to transform this area of the American economy. Some major provisions included in this act are, according to…

Food trucks have proliferated into the United States Cities and those of other countries around the world. Recently I was in Egypt, and I couldn’t resist tasting the delicacies that were displayed from the many food trucks around. The package was indeed tasty, but the excitement did not last for long. I had terrible stomach pains that had to be attended to at the nearby hospital. I was admitted for five days in the hospital as the stomach issue was checked. This experience made me do a…

According to Regulation 2(1), ‘professional diligence refers to ‘the standard of special skill and care which a trader may reasonably be expected to exercise towards consumers, commensurate with honest market practice or the general principle of good faith in the trader…

responsible for overseeing the production and registration of drugs, food additives, medical devices, and tobacco and tobacco products (USDA 2005). The Ministry of Health is very similar to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in the United States. The FDA is a federal agency that aims at protecting the health of consumers whether it is people or animals. Brazil is also looking at the labeling of genetically modified foods from another perspective. Brazilian producers will enjoy a…

questions such as “What is our national nutrition policy?” and “How does science fit it?” (Lupton, 2010). Dr. Lupton answers these questions plus others as she explains the process of product labeling from start to finish using dietary fiber and added sugar as two examples. The process of food package labeling is broken down using basic science as a foundation. Dr. Lupton explains that basic science is used to determine what nutrients are considered important, if the general public is getting…