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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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A trade group for major multinational food companies says WHO's draft food profiling model could pull more products under regulation. Kraft Heinz's CEO told Reuters the industry should have a say. Comments close Nov. 27.
The European Food Safety Authority found Solar Foods' microbial protein safe under its proposed conditions of use. The Finnish company expects full EU authorization in seven to nine months.
Two FDA orders end every color additive use of three chlorinated solvents, from produce-marking inks to annatto, paprika and turmeric colors. Decaf coffee is not covered.
Five new Haribo gummies, each with one non-artificial color, are headed first to Dollar Tree. Haribo USA has committed to non-artificial colors across its line by the end of 2027.
Alamance Foods is recalling 15-ounce cans of Kirkland Signature Real Heavy Whipped Cream sold Oct. 11 to 31 because one batch may contain a small amount of a cleaning chemical.
Allison and Stephen Ellsworth, who sold Poppi to PepsiCo for $1.95 billion, launch Jetty at Whole Foods on Nov. 9. The drinks list no artificial sweeteners or dyes and 6 grams of sugar or less.
Iran grows about 90% of the world's saffron, and most of it ships by air. The war has squeezed exports and lifted prices, though this year's crop was not hit.
USDA says its own AI tool would have caught September's corn yield errors in Nebraska and Kansas. It will review the Nov. 10 crop production report.
A Nov. 5 federal fact sheet says attackers are going after the controllers that run grocery and cold storage refrigeration. The Pentagon is investigating freezer failures at military commissaries as a possible cyberattack.
The alternative protein nonprofit eliminated six current roles and seven vacant ones, about 5% of its U.S. team, Green Queen reported. GFI says its revenue has held near $32 million while budgets grew.
On a Joe Rogan episode released the day Susie Wiles' exit was announced, former Kennedy adviser Calley Means gave his account of how glyphosate won a national security order and Supreme Court backing. Federal filings show Bayer paid $1.08 million to two lobbying firms where Wiles once worked.
PepsiCo says its insurers wrongly refused to defend it in San Francisco's ultra-processed food lawsuit, though its primary insurer helped defend individual injury suits. The insurers deny any breach.