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Consumer Horizons: Promoting sustainability and health benefits

By Christiane Alpers on April 22, 2019

Posted in EU, Food Labeling, GMO Labeling, Health claim, Nutrition Labeling, Organic

Promoting sustainability and health benefits can lead to legal trouble in the European Union. While the EU is discussing strategies against plastics and a ban on certain single-use plastics, consumers are requesting more sustainability and extra benefits from their consumer products.

When addressing these consumers’ needs, companies should be aware that there are a number…

USDA Withdraws Final Rule on Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices

By Steve Steinborn, Brian Eyink & Christine Forgues on March 20, 2018

Posted in Organic, USDA

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) recently issued a final rule withdrawing the Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices (OLPP) Final Rule published in the Federal Register on January 19, 2017. The OLPP rule promised to impose various animal handling and raising requirements on livestock and poultry labeled Organic, but it…