WTO, COOL, TPP – The Alphabet Soup Of The loss of National Sovereignty By Gilles Stockton If you were not concerned about our loss of national sovereignty before, you should be now, following the World Trade Organization (WTO) recent ruling against the Country of Origen Labeling (COOL). Although the WTO acknowledges that the United States…

Why Colorado Springs Needs A Food Policy Council by Christine on November 6, 2014 Food policy councils are an idea whose time has come. The food system, no longer serving the consumer, is a bit of a runaway freight train. Big corporations pushing around small producers, no transparency in practices or ingredients, and communities unable…

USDA approves imports from four Chinese poultry plants By Tom Johnston on 11/7/2014 USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service said it has approved four Chinese poultry plants to ship product to the United States. The four plants are: Shandong Delicate Food Company No. 2 Meat Product Processing Plant of Weifang Legang Food Company Qingyun Ruifeng…

How a national food policy could save millions of American lives (Martin Tognola for The Washington Post) By Mark Bittman, Michael Pollan, Ricardo Salvador and Olivier De Schutter November 7 at 1:36 PM Mark Bittman, an opinion columnist and food writer for the New York Times, is the author of “How to Cook Everything Fast…

Merck updates Zilmax: FDA approval, plans field-use study By Lisa M. Keefe on 11/5/2014 The Food and Drug Administration has approved an alternative method of administering Zilmax to cattle in order to ensure the “appropriate dose” of the additive, with an eye on the lower targeted dose of the approved range for daily consumption, according…

Why doesn’t poverty play a bigger role in US politics? Vinnie Rotondaro | Nov. 3, 2014 What is at stake for the poor on Tuesday? It is not a question that was asked much in the lead-up to Election Day. With 46 million people currently living in poverty and close to 90 million hovering just…

Food labels can influence environmental impact on livestock: study By Chris Scott on 11/4/2014 Consumers are willing to pay more for meat products that are labeled and linked to a single, environmentally friendly production standard — like water conservation in beef production — according to a new study. The study led by researchers at the…

Brazil could jump ahead in race to supply sustainable beef to McDonald’s By Bob Moser on 11/5/2014 SAO PAULO — McDonald’s expects Canada to become the first country to supply verified sustainable beef to the company in 2016, but other countries could still jump ahead during the coming year, with Brazil the best-positioned of any…

Appeals Court Upholds COOL; Says No to Meat Lobby’s Rehearing Requests Billings, Mont. – Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia again upheld the U.S. country of origin labeling (COOL) law by issuing the fourth and fifth pro-COOL court orders that effectively establish that the COOL law is constitutional, that Congress…