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Maine Gov. Says He Intends to Sign GMO Labeling Bill – But not Right Now

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“Citing ‘strong public support’ yesterday in a letter to the bill’s sponsors, LePage officially indicated that he intends – eventually – to sign LD 718. ‘But he is proceeding with caution because the legal effort required to defend this law will be complex and very costly,’ says his press secretary, Adrienne Bennett. LePage says he agrees that ‘consumers should have the right to know what is in their food.’  But he also alludes to concerns over the constitutionality of labeling requirements, and according to Bennet, the Governor expects that other states that pass labeling laws now will be on the front lines for legal attack.”

http://www.mpbn.net/News/MaineNewsArchive/tabid/181/ctl/ViewItem/mid/3475/ItemId/28873/Default.aspx

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US, EU kick off Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership talks despite Snowden revelations

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“The main goal is to agree on removing bureaucratic, regulatory and protectionist barriers to more open trade and investment to create what would be the world’s largest free-trade area, involving 820 million people. Key focuses of the talks ahead include agricultural trade, cross-border investment, intellectual property rights and regulatory harmonization.  To avoid stalling the talks, separate US-EU discussions on the NSA activities were held quietly this week at the Department of Justice.  Washington will push Europe to open up to US biotechnology products like genetically modified foods, which many European consumers consider dangerous.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/07/12/us-eu-kick-off-transatlantic-trade-and-investment-partnership-talks-despite-snowden-revelations/

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Refined carbohydrates can trigger food cravings, study says

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“Refined carbohydrates such as corn syrup could trigger food cravings not unlike the cravings that drug addicts experience, new research suggests. The findings, published last week in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, imply that the quick spike and subsequent crash in blood sugar that comes after eating highly processed carbs activates reward and addiction centers in the brain.  The findings could suggest that avoiding refined carbohydrates might be a good weight-loss strategy because people would avoid not only the calories but also the strong cravings that the carbs they induce.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/refined-carbohydrates-can-trigger-food-cravings-study-says/2013/07/01/0d501c64-e012-11e2-963a-72d740e88c12_story.html

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Coke cans toxic caramel coloring but Pepsi still packs 8 times the ‘safe’ amount

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“Coke products no longer contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), whereas Pepsi has only changed the products it sells in California. Research showed that 10 out of 10 Pepsi products purchased outside of California during the month of June 2013 still contain 4-MEI at levels ‘four to eight times higher than the safety thresholds set by California.’  Pepsi assured NPR reporter Allison Aubrey that there is nothing dangerous about their products. ‘The FDA and other regulatory agencies around the world, including the European Food Safety Authority and Health Canada, consider our caramel coloring safe for use in foods and beverages,’ a spokesperson insisted.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/07/03/coke-cans-toxic-caramel-coloring-but-pepsi-still-packs-8-times-the-safe-amount/

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A Whole Mess From Krugman About Whole Milk and Beyond

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“Are slowly climbing milk prices evidence that price inflation is not a threat? Far from it, it is another example of Krugman thinking only one or two steps deep.  The fact of the matter is that milk consumption is crashing in America.  This change in milk consumption patterns is having the effect that one would expect, falling milk sales.  In 2011, total U.S. beverage milk sales were 53 billion pounds – about 6 billion gallons – the lowest level since 1984, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture.   Whole milk beverage sales in 2011 were less than half their level from the early 1980s.  Got that? Milk sales are crashing, and it is across all age groups.”

http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2013/07/a-whole-mess-from-krugman-about-whole.html

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Organic growers lose decision in suit versus Monsanto over seeds

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“Monsanto Co. on Monday won another round in a legal battle with U.S. organic growers as an appeals court threw out the growers’ efforts to stop the company from suing farmers if traces of its patented biotech genes are found in crops.  Organic farmers and others have worried for years that they will be sued by Monsanto for patent infringement if their crops get contaminated with Monsanto biotech crops.  In its ruling Monday, the appellate court said the organic growers must rely on Monsanto assurances on the company’s website that it will not sue them so long as the mix is very slight.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/06/11/organic-growers-lose-decision-in-suit-versus-monsanto-over-seeds/

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Connecticut becomes first state to pass legislation requiring genetically modified (GM) food labeling

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“The small US state of Connecticut became the first to pass legislation requiring food products with genetically modified ingredients to be labeled as such.  The legislation was strongly supported in a 134-3 vote in the state House, making Connecticut the first of some two dozen states mulling GM foods labeling to pass a measure.  The bill said that the labeling rules will only take effect when at least four other states, including at least one of them an immediate neighbor of Connecticut such as New York, enact similar legislation, and also only when states in the northeastern region of the country with a combined population of 20 million or more do the same.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/06/04/connecticut-becomes-first-state-to-pass-legislation-requiring-genetically-modified-gm-food-labeling/

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Study links genetically modified grain to stomach inflammation in pigs

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“Pigs fed a diet of only genetically modified grain showed markedly higher stomach inflammation than pigs who dined on conventional feed, according to a new study by a team of Australian scientists and U.S. researchers.  those pigs that ate the GM diet had a higher rate of severe stomach inflammation – 32 percent of GM-fed pigs compared to 12 percent of non-GM-fed pigs. The inflammation was worse in GM-fed males compared to non-GM fed males by a factor of 4.0.  Critics have argued for years that the DNA changes made to the transgenic plants engineer novel proteins that can be causing the digestive problems in animals and possibly in humans.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/06/11/study-links-genetically-modified-grain-to-stomach-inflammation-in-pigs/

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NASA taps 3-D printer firm for ‘Star Trek’-style food replicator

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“U.S. space agency NASA has tapped 3-D printer firm Systems & Materials Research Corporation (SMRC) to create the first-ever ‘Star Trek’-style food replicator using 3-D printing technology.  According to Quartz, NASA gave the company a six month, $125,000 grant contract to focus on developing 3-D printers that use cartridges full of carbohydrates, protein powders and oils that can be combined in layers to produce food.
Grocery stores could be gradually transformed to ultra-cheap cartridge retailers while non-nutrient edible products are phased out by market forces.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/05/21/nasa-taps-3-d-printer-firm-for-star-trek-style-food-replicator/

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‘Monsanto Protection Act 2.0’ Would Ban GMO-Labeling Laws At State Level

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“An amendment inserted into the 2013 Farm Bill passed by the House of Representatives’ Agriculture Committee Wednesday would revoke the ability of individual states’ lawmakers to pass GMO-labeling laws, food advocates warn. The amendment, introduced by Rep. Steve King, a California Republican, is the newest salvo in an ongoing battle between food advocates and companies like Monsanto that create and sell genetically modified and genetically engineered seeds, which grow into GMO crops and find their way into an estimated 70 percent of processed foods in American grocery stores.”

http://www.ibtimes.com/monsanto-protection-act-20-would-ban-gmo-labeling-laws-state-level-1267629

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