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There's a good article today from FoodPrint about the recent USDA label guidelines that we've been talking about at FACT. "The most important thing to understand is that the new guidelines are not rules, and they don’t provide definitions or standards for the claims that companies make on labels." There is often a lot of criticism that there are too many regulations out there. From what we have seen there are very few strict regulations in the food sector, and even when attempts are made to help consumers understand what they are buying, pressure from industrial agriculture often weakens those efforts. "That lack of enforcement is particularly glaring with antibiotic-related claims. While the rules around what companies can say about their antibiotic use practices are fairly tight — “no antibiotics ever,” for example, is actually supposed to mean no antibiotics were ever given to the animal — there’s no guarantee that the claim is accurate without testing and verification." We are working with allies to make these claims clearer and to urge the USDA to make rules that help make the food you buy more transparent. Read on for more details, and share it with others so that people understand all the complexities of this system.

The USDA updated label guidelines to increase transparency — is it enough?

The USDA updated label guidelines to increase transparency — is it enough?

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