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By: Food roundup - Overlawyered

Food roundup - Overlawyered — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 04:30:09 +0000

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By: PointOfLaw Forum

PointOfLaw Forum — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 13:01:21 +0000

Food lawsuits…

A New York Times story seems drafted from a press release as it implies that billionaire tobacco lawyers are successfully targeting the food industry. While it’s true that food manufacturers have been cosseted with dozens of class actions over labelin…

By: NYT on California food labeling suits - Overlawyered

NYT on California food labeling suits - Overlawyered — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 04:30:07 +0000

[…] Times does draw the link to Proposition 37, the lawyer-sponsored measure I wrote about last week, which could open up a basis for rich new suits based on failure to correctly affix […]

By: John David Galt

John David Galt — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 02:38:02 +0000

While I see nothing wrong with GM food per se, consumers ought to be allowed to find out what they’re getting — and correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t believe the FDA allows most non-GM food to be labeled as such, even if both producers and consumers want to know it.

(I say “most” because some milk products are now labeled as coming from non-hormone-treated cattle. I assume this is because foods under USDA jurisdiction are exempt from FDA rules.)

By: Squirrels

Squirrels — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:01:14 +0000

Why does NO ONE point out that all foods are genetically modified?

Because the terms ‘genetically modified’ and GMO specifically refer to foods modified by genetic engineering as opposed to say crossing two kinds of tomatoes by pollination.

By: Mark Preston

Mark Preston — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 17:13:11 +0000

Why does NO ONE point out that all foods are genetically modified? Tomatoes, such as for sale at markets are hybrids, have been for over half-a-century and nobody has pointed out the “dangers”. Nobody has shown a contagion, allergy, or serious disease from eating genetically modified fruits, vegetables and proteins (meat, fish, fowl), yet all these foods come down through the centuries as GMO.

By: DensityDuck

DensityDuck — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 16:38:00 +0000

Note that even if no bull sperm were ever in a lab, then we’d have to label beef GMO, because beef cattle are not naturally-occuring animals. They were specifically bred to be what they are.

By: Mannie

Mannie — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 15:02:01 +0000

The quest for the substance that does NOT cause cancer in rats, continues.

It makes you wonder why rats haven’t become extinct.

By: John Burgess

John Burgess — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 13:54:41 +0000

Doesn’t California already require labels warning against nearly every chemical known to man?

By: Hugo S. Cunningham

Hugo S. Cunningham — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 10:55:40 +0000

They should also require labels on non-genetic food that it is sprayed with more insccticide, and on “organic food” that it requires taking of more wild land and resources for no scientifically proven benefit to health.