Food labeling regulations

Food waste is one of those issues in the world that continues to get worse without people realizing it. They do not realize that their actions contribute to a larger problem. Regular people are throwing out large amounts of edible food every day because they do not know when it is not safe to eat anymore. A lot of this confusion comes from date labels. The sell-by dates listed on foods are incredibly misleading. Consumers believe once a food goes past its sell-by date, it cannot be eaten anymore…

writing to urge you to vote against H.R.2017 Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2015. The bill would delay the FDA’s menu labeling regulations, which require chain restaurants and similar food establishments to provide consumers with clear and consistent nutrition information in a direct and accessible manner for the foods they eat and buy for their families. Menu labeling went national when President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act in 2010. Over six years have passed and this law…

what will be required on GMO product labels. Currently, Vermont’s regulation states that GMO labels may be located anywhere they can easily be found on the package. There also are guidelines on what size and color the label can be (VT Digger, 2015). So far Vermont’s Attorney General’s Office has decided that manufactures will have to label any packaged food items, unpackaged food items, including fruit and vegetables, and certain foods in delis and bakeries (VT Digger, 2015). Vermont’s laws on…

and artificial flavorings in food products and the social discussion of which is safer to utilize has led to several social ramifications, especially for the food producers and the consumers. There is a general consensus of the definition of natural and artificial flavorings, with the definition focusing around how the flavoring is synthesized. Some have also utilized the term ‘food additive’ to encompass all nonessential chemical substances that are added to a food for a certain affect. Under…

Food Inc. Film Review The way human eat has changed for the worse in the last fifty years. The movie Food, Inc. presents a shocking discovery on corporate farming and the development of the food industry. The director of this movie, Robert Kenner, uses numerous approaches to prove how unnatural and dangerous today’s food can be from the chicken farm to the chemically treated massive amount of meat. The movie is divided in three main parts. The first one focuses on the inhumane production of…

contacting you today about GMO and GMO-free foods. States are voicing their own opinions as to whether or not they should be in control of labeling food products. I believe a national standard of labeling is a better option. The Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015 would ensure the Food and Drug Administration is in charge of food labels instead of individual states developing their own regulations. By creating a nationwide certification process for GMO-free foods, this process will save…

and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015, which would protect our country's food supply and provide consistent and truthful information to all consumers. Foods labeled as "all natural" and "GMO-free" interest many shoppers who are concerned with their family's nutritional health. Labeling foods with these claims is a smart marketing decision, but there is no way to tell if these labels are accurate. Individual states recognize this problem and some are already creating their own regulations to…

Salmonella in Eggs Patti Maisner Kaplan University Introduction Salmonella is a bacterial organism that can cause human illness if food products are not cooked properly or not refrigerated at least 40 oF, in most cases. Salmonella causes two different types of sicknesses, Non-typhoidal which causes gastrointestinal problems, and Typhoidal Salmonella that has the symptoms of Typhoid. About 67% of Salmonella is reported as a foodborne illness by way of eggs, either the bacteria is on the…

I tend to be oblivious with most things that involve reading, always missing the fine print. When I go into the grocery store I usually look for the food that looks the most appetizing and buy it, I never really read the labels on these items. The food item that caught my eye in the readings were eggs. As a vegetarian, eggs are an important part of my daily diet, but you would think if they were so important, I would know the difference between a Grade A egg and a Grade AA egg. How are these…

government’s responsibility what you put into your body. He calls for no regulation on the fast food industry, declaring it a personal responsibility issue. Balko claims that the best method of reducing the obesity problem is removing it from the public sector, and making it a personal problem. However, I believe that he is oversimplifying an issue which he does not fully understand. I also believe that he is mistaking regulation of industry and informing consumers of what they are eating for…