by Baylen Linnekin. On Thursday the FDA made the surprise announcement that it would
move to
ban artificial trans fats, which are found in foods containing
partially hydrogenated vegetable oils. The ban would not apply to
naturally occurring trans fats, such as those found in meat and
dairy products. Adoption of the proposal, which is ... MORE
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Showing posts with label food. Show all posts
The FDA's Ill-Conceived Proposal To Ban Trans Fats
by Baylen Linnekin. On Thursday the FDA made the surprise announcement that it would
move to
ban artificial trans fats, which are found in foods containing
partially hydrogenated vegetable oils. The ban would not apply to
naturally occurring trans fats, such as those found in meat and
dairy products. Adoption of the proposal, which is ... MOREJohn Stossel: The Milk Of Human Blindness
Milking buyers and sellers. The Denver Post warns, "Milk, food prices could rise if Congress fails to act." Congress is working on a farm bill, which, among other things, will set limits on how high or low milk prices can be in different regions of the country. Politicians from both parties like to meddle in agriculture. When the Heritage ... MOREDaren Bakst: Government Control Of Your Diet
Threats to the "freedom to eat." Many politicians and self-appointed nutrition czars see Americans as incapable of making decisions about a basic necessity of life: eating. Therefore, they feel that government at all levels must try to control their diets. This control means trying to direct people to eat a certain way or expressly ... MOREThe Problem With Federal Food-Labeling Laws
by Baylen Linnekin. Since I wrote a
column focusing on the increasing ubiquity and success of
private food labeling in June, a series of important federal food
labeling issues have made headlines. Not surprisingly, the
government’s actions are mostly rife with drawbacks. Just this month, the FDA published a final
rule on gluten-free ... MORE
Marta H. Mossburg: Food Regulations Of The Future
A sneak preview of the coming War on Obesity. March 29, 2020: The federal government today announced new regulations for buying fast food. Starting June 1, upon entering a national fast food chain restaurant or before ordering via a drive-thru each patron must undergo a Body Mass Index (BMI) analysis. The score will ... MOREA Case Against Government Bans On Feeding The Homeless
by Baylen Linnekin. During the late 1990s, when I worked as a researcher in the Judiciary Square area of downtown Washington, DC, my job required me to walk across The Mall twice each day to pick up documents at the Federal Aviation Administration and Department of Transportation. En route, I would invariably stop to talk with ... MOREBaylen Linnekin: Crony Capitalism Vs. American Food
The deadly duo of big government and big food. On Thursday this week I took part in a great
panel discussion on crony capitalism in food and agriculture at
the American Enterprise Institute. Crony capitalism in this area, to me, means that a food
business’s success is often wrongly contingent upon the business
maintaining a close relationship ... MOREA. Barton Hinkle: The Bogus Case Against Junk Food
Anti-food nannies launch their latest attack. A recent cover story in The New York Times Magazine
offers a shocking exposé of Big Food. In granular detail it relates
the food conglomerates' "hyper-engineered, savagely marketed,
addiction-creating battle for 'stomach share.'” If you don't have
the time to slog through the nearly 10,000 words, ... MORELet Consumers Make Their Own Choices On Sugary Drinks
by Baylen Linnekin. Earlier this week the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), a group that regularly pushes for increased food regulations and considers soda to be “a slow-acting but ruthlessly efficient bioweapon,” announced it would be launching “a major action regarding the regulation of soda and other sugar-sweetened beverages.” ... MOREDavid Deming: What If Atlas Shrugged?
Dark ages revisited. Atlas Shrugged is the title of Ayn Rand's 1957 novel in which the world grinds to a halt after the productive segment of society goes on strike. Tired of being demonized and exploited, the world's innovators and entrepreneurs simply walk away. What would happen to the US today if the fossil fuel industry went on a strike ... MOREBaylen Linnekin: Food Freedom Vs. Regulatory Busybodies
The state of things are looking up. While national stories like the multi-pronged
assault on energy drinks and the FDA’s
proposed Food Safety Modernization Act rules rightly grab
headlines—and often my attention—it’s perhaps too easy to overlook
the fact that much of what’s good and bad in the area of food law
and policy is taking place in our backyards ... MOREJohn Stossel: First, The Bad News
We in the media rarely lie to you. But that leaves plenty of room to take things wildly out of context. That's where most big scare stories come from, like recent headlines
about GM foods. GM means "genetically modified," which means scientists
add genes, altering the plant's DNA, in this case to make the crop
resistant to pests. Last week, ... MOREBaylen Linnekin: Labeling Law Will Hurt American Pizza
Congress needs to order a slice of wisdom. This week, as a new Congress was being sworn in, the Food and
Drug Administration
released two sets of controversial and long-delayed food-safety
rules. Another FDA rule that’s been long in the making is the agency’s proposed menu-labeling rule. The purpose of that rule, first proposed
in 2010 as ... MOREKatie Kieffer: 12 Liberal Pledges For The New Year
Conquering one form of mental illness. Here are twelve comical but true resolutions that every liberal should make for 2013: 1.) Resolve to spend time with gun-owners. I have a liberal friend who says she would rather be in the same room as a cobra snake than a gun, even an unloaded gun. Guns really, really scare her. But guns don’t kill. ... MOREJohn Stossel - Food Bunk
We'll all be poisoned! With America's "fiscal cliff" approaching, pundits wring their hands
over the supposed catastrophe that government spending cuts will bring. A
scare newsletter called "Food Poisoning Bulletin" warns that if
government reduces food inspections, "food will be less safe ...
(because) marginal companies ... ... MORE
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