Food Safety

Consumers might be getting shortchanged on the protein found in certain items sold by Beyond Meat, a new lawsuit alleges. According to the proposed class action, a number of claims made by the company concerning both protein and nutritional benefits are “false and misleading.” The complaint alleges that the plant-based meat substitute company “miscalculates and overstates” its products’ protein content and protein quality.

The U.S. FDA is “responsible for protecting the public health.” As part of that mission, the agency has been positioning itself as taking a tougher stance with companies involved in the manufacturing and use of a harmful group of widely used industrial chemicals called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, short-handed as PFAS. 

A powerful contingent of agricultural and produce grower groups filed the latest salvo in a years-long battle over the pesticide chlorpyrifos, seeking to reverse a new rule banning the chemical from use in U.S. food production.

This comes after health and environmental advocates forced the EPA to announce a ban on the use of chlorpyrifos

Everyone who owns a gasoline-burning car has noticed that fuel prices have shot up in recent weeks. And most of us have read headlines about high energy prices driving inflation. But very few Americans have any inkling just how profound the current energy crisis already is, and is about to become.