Category: food labeling

USDA Will Take Steps to Ensure Accurate Animal Welfare Claims on Meat, Poultry Packaging

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will take steps to weed out false or misleading animal-welfare claims on meat and poultry packaging with new guidance and testing after receiving petitions challenging its existing process for not being rigorous enough, the agency announced on Wednesday. “Consumers should be able to trust that the label claims they…


This Is Why Your ‘Locally Butchered’ Beef Might Actually Come From China

Misleading label claims are everywhere. They bombard you while walking down the grocery store aisles. They creep up on you while scanning a slick marketer’s website. They shock you when even your best friend recommends an industrial organic brand… “Hey, it’s a lot cheaper and they say it’s just as good!” “Well… how do I…


Label Claims – Behind the Industrial Curtain Part 1

Misleading label claims are everywhere. They bombard you while walking down the grocery store aisles. They creep up on you while scanning a slick marketer’s website. They shock you when even your best friend recommends an industrial organic brand… “Hey, it’s a lot cheaper and they say it’s just as good!” “Well… how do I…