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Produce and Meat's COOL Move
America is moving one more step closer to awareness of where its food comes from.
The US Department of Agriculture has mandated that all produce as well as meat, fish, and poultry sold in US retail stores will be required to have country of origin labels (COOL) beginning next Tuesday, Sept. 30.
How Long Has That Been In Your Fridge?
You've probably been here before: you're cleaning out the fridge and you get to that open jar of mayonnaise. You wonder how long it's been there, and when you opened it. Then you realize that even if you could remember when you opened it, you wouldn't know if it was still any good.
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FDA Requires New Labeling on Numerous Packaged Foods
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued violations to a number of food companies — among them, Nestlé, POM, Gorton's, and Diamond Foods — demanding they make changes to their product labels. The government agency is cracking down on health assertions, issuing letters to 17 companies for 22 products, alleging they violate the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
Among the offenders?
Label-Able: Free Range
The labels on food today were standardized to make it easier for us to figure out what exactly we are putting into our bodies. The fact is, reading the labels is still downright confusing so let FIT make you label-able.
Free Range, or Free Roaming is a term we see a lot when buying eggs and poultry.
Label-Able: Cage Free
The labels on food today were standardized to make it easier for us to figure out what exactly we are putting into our bodies. The fact is, reading labels is still downright confusing so let FIT make you label-able.
Cage Free is a term we see a lot when buying eggs.
Label-Able: 100% Organic
The labels on food today were standardized to make it easier for us to figure out what exactly we are putting into our bodies. The fact is that reading the label is still downright confusing so let FIT make you label-able.
Organic is hot right now.
Label-Able: Certified Humane Raised & Handled
The Certified Humane Raised & Handled label certifies that animals raised for dairy, lamb, poultry and beef products are treated in a humane manner. This includes that the animals have access to clean and sufficient food and water as well as a safe and healthy environment from birth through to their last day. This term is used on beef, chicken, lamb, pork, turkey and eggs.
Label-Able: Fragrance Free
Fragrance Free is a term we see a lot on personal hygiene products but is it just good marketing?
Doesn't it seem like everything has a smell, even things that are Fragrance Free? A little confused, yeah me too.
New Country of Origin Food Label Law
I like eating seasonally and locally, but I am a realist too. I know much of the food we all eat comes from outside the US. Remember the tomato and hot pepper salmonella scare?
COOL News! Food Labeling Law Goes Into Effect
Do you know where your avocado is from? That question is easier to answer now as the new food labeling law goes into effect this week. The so-called COOL law (country of origin label) requires producers of fresh meats, many fruits and vegetables, and assorted other products to state clearly on packages where the food originates.
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