A newly released report has criticized America’s food safety watchdog for systemically failing to ensure the safety of what food manufacturers put in what we eat.
After months of research, the Government Accountability Office told Congress it was concerned about a well-known loophole in the Food and Drug Administration regulations that for decades has concerned consumer [...]

Why is it taking years to protect workers and consumers from illness and death from butter flavoring used in thousands of foods?

Scientists worry that the “new,” “completely safe” butter flavoring used on popcorn and in other foods may be as dangerous as the lung-destroying chemical, called diacetyl, that it replaced.
Diacetyl-linked jury verdicts of tens of millions of dollars for injured flavoring workers and the diagnoses of lung damage in at least three popcorn-loving consumers forced popcorn [...]

At times like these I think I should change the name of my blog to “Tales of the Absurd.”
This example centers on a year-long court battle between an Indianapolis flavor manufacturer and the government’s top occupational safety investigators. The fact that the company has gone to federal court to keep the federal health and safety [...]

Apparently, Pepsi and Coca-Cola may be introducing new beverages sweetened with an extract from a Latin American plant that the locals call sugar leaf, but the PhDs say is stevia. Those selling it commercially have named it Rebiana and claim it’s between 200 to 300 times sweeter than sugar.
No so fast, cautions the Center for [...]