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US companies have taken the UK’s voluntary ban seriously by removing additives for the EU market. Mars has removed artificial colors from Skittles and Starbust sold overseas, as has Kraft removed color additives from Lunchables. Sorry American children, but you are still getting these nasty treats filled with artificial ingredients linked to hyperactivity.

It seems the FDA is dragging their feet intentionally on the salmonella issue to provoke fear and justify their irradiation agenda.

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Cool way to cut back on food costs.

Over 90% of some crops are genetically modified and consumers don't like it

The FDA has estimated that between 47,000 and 94,000 Americans are sensitive to food dye Yellow No. 5. It can cause asthma, hives, headache, and is linked to behavioral changes.  You can make fun children’s food–cookies, cakes, and candies–using juice dyes instead of store bought artificial food colors.

With over 1/4th of all bottled water just bottled tap water our concerns about pharmaceuticals in our water extends beyond the kitchen sink.

From the article: "Food is all tied up with politics, and there are a few things we eaters need to understand about this. For our own safety. So we can make better choices. This is a pretty short primer on the basics, but there are a lot of great links in here that can help you get the full picture of our food system."

The FDA has no rules on using the word “Natural’ on product labels – so manufacturers create their own standards – not good for consumers!

This is a review of the most and least contaminated produce with some recommendations of where to buy organic fruits and vegetables.

Surprised? The plan has no recommendations about stopping the use of lead in children's products (nor would it give the Consumer Product Safety Commission the same mandatory recall authority that is recommended for the FDA), budget numbers or adequate fines.

Some green blog posts to check out for the week ending August 25th, 2007, courtesy of My Green Element.

Whole grain and whole wheat food labeling is a mess and hard to figure out. WholeGrainCouncil.org (WCG) is supposed assist consumers with figuring out what a label means but it confuses more than helps.