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Food news, food policy and food tech. What is changing on the label, in the lab and in the law, and what it means for the people who make our food.
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Three weeks after a similar attack in France, new attacks on supermarket refrigeration warmed fridges and freezers from Sweden to Belgium, forcing stores to throw food away, Reuters reported.
Blue remains one of the hardest colors to replace with natural sources. Mars began selling M&M's without artificial dyes with blue and brown left out for now, and FDA is also reviewing a petition to widen the use of gardenia blue.
Mondelēz has filed a High Court claim against Catherine's Originals, alleging its O'bar infringes Toblerone's trademark. The founder rejects the claim and plans to defend it.
Oatly's third-quarter revenue rose 9.1%, but fuel and freight costs cut its full-year profit outlook. It plans a U.S. fiber launch in January and U.S. price increases next year.
Numerator data shows households that stopped GLP-1 drugs cut fast-food spending more than active users did, while some big grocers did better with former users.
Mexico removed Red 3 from its permitted additives in May, with 24 months to reformulate authorized uses. A new agreement replacing its 2012 additive rules is due to take effect this month, with numeric limits on more colorants.
Kennedy adviser Calley Means resigned Oct. 22. With the midterms on Tuesday, the white paper remains under review, and both sides have written to the White House budget office.
The draft guidance covers purees, cereals, yogurts and meats for children under two. FDA estimates the biggest exposure cuts would come from carrots and from fruits, vegetables and mixed foods.
Comments on FDA's proposal to make GRAS notices mandatory close Dec. 9. A feed trade group and food contact companies want more time, and critics are focused on a change that could exempt some ingredients added directly to food.
Industry reports no current use of either substance in food. Health Canada ties the Oct. 29 proposal to its proposed risk management approach for PFAS, and comments run to Jan. 27, 2027.
At a Singapore summit, DeepMind director Ramine Tinati described AI work on crop immunity, an open sorghum atlas and farm advice being scaled to 11 countries.
The proposed rule covers 8 of 30 required nutrients, raising the floors for iodine and vitamin D and setting a first-ever ceiling for manganese. FDA says formulas on shelves remain safe.