Food Dive
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Organic food sales at $48 billion, now almost 6% of food, despite continued decline in market growth rate
Sales of organic food in the U.S. last year totaled a record $47.9 billion — 5.9% higher than 2017, according ...
Consumers want to buy from ethical companies, but interest in non-GMO, organic labels dropping, survey shows
A survey conducted by Crestline Custom Promotional Products showed 68.3% of American consumers want to support companies that promote similar ...
Pro-organic groups petition USDA to exclude hydroponic farming from organic certification
The Center for Food Safety filed a petition with the Department of Agriculture Jan. 16 urging the agency to exclude hydroponically grown ...
Food marketing can change buying habits, but consumers may become ‘numb’ to unnecessary labels
A study by the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University said labeling has an effect on ...
‘Gluten free,’ ‘organic’ and other health fads driving ‘huge’ changes in food production
U.S. consumers are increasingly scanning labels to check that products do not contain certain ingredients, such as gluten, GMOs, antibiotics, pesticides ...
Food companies say transparency will end public backlash against GMOs
Through the years that Okanagan Specialty Fruits worked on developing the Arctic apple — a fruit that is genetically modified so ...
GMO omega-3 canola cleared by USDA, on its way to consumers
Nuseed, a subsidiary of Nufarm, Ltd. of Australia, has received approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to start planting its ...
40% of US consumers avoid GMO foods at grocery store, survey finds
Even though consumer awareness and knowledge of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) aren't very high, a recent online survey from the International Food Information Council ...
USDA might not meet July deadline for GMO labeling rule, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue says
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue told representatives from the National Association of Farm Broadcasting [April 24] that his agency may not ...
Non-glyphosate certified: New label promises lower levels of herbicide residue
Scott Prentice, executive director of BioChecked, has been in the food certification business since 2010. However, he's made the most ...
Public education about QR codes important to success of proposed federal GMO label, study finds
The study, the release of which was the subject of a now-moot lawsuit from the Center for Food Safety last ...
Center for Food Safety sues USDA to spur release of GMO QR code labeling study
One of the most controversial aspects of the mandatory GMO labeling law signed by President Obama last summer is the ...
Dannon embraces controversial Non-GMO label for all its products, claiming ‘transparency’
By the end of 2018, all Danimals, Dannon and Oikos branded products for sale in the U.S. will feature the ...
USDA requests ‘stakeholders’ feedback as it researches what to say in federal GMO label guidelines
The U.S. Agriculture Department's Agricultural Marketing Service has started the process of figuring out how to write the guidelines for ...
What is the best strategy to market new GMO produce like pink pineapple?
Despite reservations many consumers and public health advocates have about genetically modified foods, researchers, farmers and ingredient suppliers continue to ...
Genetically engineered yeast could make whiskey less expensive
Biotech company BioTork has engineered strains of yeast that demonstrate increased ethanol yields and decreased time needed for fermentation, according to a ...
Are ‘GMO-free’ zones an organic industry marketing ploy?
Earlier this month, Sonoma County became the sixth county in California to successfully pass legislation banning GMO use in local agriculture.... While this ...
Mars Inc., announces it will label GMO ingredients on product packaging
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Mars announced [March 21] it will ...
USDA Secretary Vilsack voices support for mandatory GMO labeling
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack ...
More competition for Non-GMO Project: NSF’s Non-GMO True North certification
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. NSF International has launched ...
New ‘Non-GMO’ label rolls out to promote organic production
California Certified Organic Farmers has released the "Non GMO & More" seal, which its members can use to verify that ...
Four trends driving food labeling changes
What's likely to happen with four of the most common food labels -- natural, organic, country-of-origin, and GMO -- in ...
Four trends driving food labeling
Like food, labels are something we need, but are at constant risk of abusing. The FDA regulates what can, as ...