Food Additives

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    Questioning Quorn

    By Diana R. H. Winters [Cross-posted on HealthLawProfBlog.] There was an article a couple of weeks ago in the New York Times about “engineered foods,” and how “a handful of high-tech start-ups are out to revolutionize the food system by engineering ‘meat’ and ‘eggs’ from pulverized plant compounds or cultured snippets of animal tissue.”   The author…

  • Read more: Can the FDA Ban Cupcakes?
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    Can the FDA Ban Cupcakes?

    By Katie Booth In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, I wanted to discuss an important issue: Can the FDA ban cupcakes? While this may seem like a silly question, the Center for Science in the Public Interest (“CSPI”) has filed a petition with the FDA urging the agency to regulate the amount of sugar (including…