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Restaurant Menu Transparency for Meat, Poultry

Consumer demand for organic meat and poultry is arguably the most noteworthy trend of all
June 22, 2016
For many consumers, choosing a meat and poultry dish at a restaurant revolves around "keeping it real": they seek all-natural choices that reflect their desire to keep human intervention they perceive as negative out of the process, according to market research publisher Packaged Facts in the report Meat, Poultry and Seafood: Restaurant Trends and Opportunities.
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GoodFarms Receives New Certification

GoodFarms seeks to enhance the connection between consumers and the hands that grow and harvest their produce
June 21, 2016
The Equitable Food Initiative (EFI), a nonprofit that brings together workers, growers and retailers in the effort to produce safer, more responsibly grown fruits and vegetables, announced that the GoodFarms brand will debut its craft blueberries, craft strawberries and organic strawberries from EFI-certified farms at Costco locations on the West Coast, Northeast and in Hawaii.
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Do Consumers Read the Nutrition Facts Label?

Nutrition facts label overhaul plan comes at at time when fewer US consumers are looking at the label
June 1, 2016
A decade ago 15% of consumers said that they do not look at the label and now 24% don’t, according to NPD’s ongoing food consumption research.
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Ethical Food Labels

Halal and vegan labels are set to grow by a compound annual growth rate of over 5% annually between 2015 and 2020
May 31, 2016
Global Market Research Company Euromonitor International launched the new Ethical Labels database, responding to the growing movement towards sustainability, social responsibility and transparency on labels.
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What Does Clean Label Mean?

Consumers remain confused over meaning of clean label for food and beverage products
March 1, 2016
But with ambiguity surrounding the term, how much influence will such promises have on consumers?
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Organic & Natural Health Scraps Natural Label

Group suggests “natural” should only be used as a term to describe specific attributes of products in marketing materials
February 10, 2016
It should only be used as a term to describe specific attributes of products in marketing and promotional materials.
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Non-GMO Growth, Organic Label Debate

Organic foods are non-GMO, but not all non-GMO foods are organic, say natural food trade groups
February 8, 2016
This is taking place in both the retail market and in foodservice. Driving the market is an expanding consumer desire to have healthier foods with fewer added ingredients or any aspects that are not "natural."
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Legal Perspectives for Processed Meat Producers

If meat is categorized as the “new asbestos,” imagine the litigation 20 years from now
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February 1, 2016
The news reports that followed barely touched on the scientific and medical facts, yet flooded the popular media with sound “bites” declaring that processed meats – and all processed foods for that matter are deadly.
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Campbell Supports GMO Labeling Standard

Campbell believes it is necessary for the federal government to provide a national standard for labeling requirements to better inform consumers about the issue
January 13, 2016
Campbell Soup Company announced its support for the enactment of federal legislation to establish a single mandatory labeling standard for foods derived from genetically modified organisms (GMOs).
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