Regulation and Legislation

The solution for better health? Look no further than your food, says vegan chef and author Christina Pirello in her new book, I’m Mad as Hell and I’m Not Going To Eat It Anymore.

Organic Connections, the magazine for Natural Vitality, sat down with the originators of an open letter to McDonalds, including a top food activist, author and professor who signed the letter, to get their take on the scope and magnitude of the issue.

After the prolonged negative media attention surrounding high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), the sweetener adopted a tarnished reputation. Now, the Corn Refiners Association (CRA) is referring to high fructose corn syrup as “corn sugar”, with a pending FDA relabeling request currently in the mix.

Organic Connections, the magazine for Natural Vitality, reports on preserving the right to photograph farms.

At long last, the FDA is moving forward on establishing a definition of gluten free—and you can add your voice to their deliberations.

Five natural product industry trade associations today rallied behind a request to extend the FDA’s comment period for New Dietary Ingredients.

An FDA warning letter to sports nutrition brand CytoSport says the company’s use of the word “milk” is in violation of regulatory requirements. The letter contradicts an FTC non-action filed a year ago that found the label was not deceptive to consumers.

Industry experts help settle the battle over semantics (GE, GM, GMO?) so we all can focus on what really matters—the battle to remove these biotech foods from agriculture. Here are the most commonly used terms surrounding genetic engineering, explained.

The Dietary Supplement Labeling Act has industry alarmed, but a recent NewHope360 interview with Steve Mister, president and CEO of the Council for Responsible Nutrition, reveals that there may not be much to be worried about.