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	<title>Foodessentials &#187; Food Labeling</title>
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	<description>What are you really eating?</description>
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		<title>The next target for the food conscious community</title>
		<link>http://blog.foodessentials.com/food-labeling/next-food-label-target/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:07:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>axavier</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food Labeling]]></category>
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UPDATE: Kellogg to ditch immunity statement after ditching Smart Choices program last week.
The food community is riding high after their recent victory over the Smart Choices food label rating system and turning their attention to front of package marketing claims as their next target &#8211; see Marion Nestles article on Cocao Krispies and ¨immunicty¨claim h [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smart Choices RIP</title>
		<link>http://blog.foodessentials.com/food-labeling/smart-choices-rip/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:53:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>axavier</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food Labeling]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today it was reported in Just-Food that all 8 of the food manufacturers who had adopted the Smart Choices logo were now going to drop it from their packages in the face of cries that the logo could mislead consumers.
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal requested that they drop the logo at least until the FDA [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nutrition Rating Systems &#8211; the problem and a solution</title>
		<link>http://blog.foodessentials.com/food-labeling/nutrition-rating-systems-the-problem-and-a-solution/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:33:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>axavier</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food Labeling]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Situation
There has been a lot of attention given to nutrition rating systems of late, fueled by the  launch of the controversial Smart Choices rating system.  The controversy of the smart choices program, in brief,  is that the criteria for what gets labelled a ¨smart choice¨ seem somewhat flimsy.  For instance Marion Nestle examines [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FDA to study barriers to food label use</title>
		<link>http://blog.foodessentials.com/food-labeling/fda-to-study-barriers-to-food-label-use/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.foodessentials.com/food-labeling/fda-to-study-barriers-to-food-label-use/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 17:20:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>axavier</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food Labeling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The FDA recently announced the intention to run an internet study to exploer the barriers to Food Label use.  This, following findings that food label use declined in sharply between 1196 and 2002, particularly with young people.
The goals of the study are to:

identify attitudes and beliefs among consumers toward health, diet and label usage
determine relationships [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do food label rating systems work for you?</title>
		<link>http://blog.foodessentials.com/food-labeling/do-food-label-rating-systems-work-for-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 07:29:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>axavier</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food Labeling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food Labelling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rating systems]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[USNEWS.com posted a very thorough and well researched article on food label rating systems prompted by the release of a new rating system &#8211; Smart Choices.   Click here to view the article in full.
I made a comment stating my point of view which is posted below.
What do you think of food rating systems?  Do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reading Food Labels for Better Nutrition</title>
		<link>http://blog.foodessentials.com/food-labeling/reading-food-labels-for-better-nutrition/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.foodessentials.com/food-labeling/reading-food-labels-for-better-nutrition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 06:16:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dxavier</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food Labeling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food Labelling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food Tip]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food Tips]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[by Shereen Jegtvig
An interesting food label survey conducted by an ingredient manufacturer Tate &#38; Lyle shows 60% of consumers use food labels when they shop.  The researchers also looked at the different ways consumers use food labels, like perusing the food label of a new product to decide if it’s worth trying or figuring out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Warning Labels on Hot Dogs?</title>
		<link>http://blog.foodessentials.com/food-labeling/warning-labels-on-hot-dogs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dxavier</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food Labeling]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Food Labelling]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Saturated Fat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Snacks]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Shereen Jegtvig
Just recently, a vegan group called the Cancer Project filed a lawsuit asking the state of New Jersey to require cancer-warning labels on hot dogs.  I think most people would find this lawsuit to be frivolous and I doubt New Jersey residents will see warning labels on their hot dogs anytime soon, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 10 Good Reads &#8211; July Week 1</title>
		<link>http://blog.foodessentials.com/food-labeling/top-10-good-reads-july-week-1/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.foodessentials.com/food-labeling/top-10-good-reads-july-week-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:51:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dxavier</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food Labeling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food Labelling]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hi Everyone!
Firtsly, my appologies. It has been a little while since my last post, but worry not &#8211; I have not forgotten about you all, and things should return to normal soon enough. Its a pleasure to return to the bloggosphere with one of my favorite types of posts. I&#8217;m personally a big fan and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Country-of-origin labeling: Does COOL leave you warm or frosty?</title>
		<link>http://blog.foodessentials.com/uncategorized/country-of-origin-labeling-does-cool-leave-you-warm-or-frosty/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.foodessentials.com/uncategorized/country-of-origin-labeling-does-cool-leave-you-warm-or-frosty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:38:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dxavier</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food Labeling]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[COOL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food Labelling]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So it has a pun-tastic acronym, but what exactly is COOL?
In 2008, it became a mandatory requirement that certain foods sold in the US (some cuts of beef/veal, lamb pork, chicken, goat, fish/shellfish, perishable agricultural commodities, peanuts, pecans, macadamia nuts and ginseng) are labeled with their country of origin (COOL A-Z website). Products that fall [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can food products be traced? &#8211; a response</title>
		<link>http://blog.foodessentials.com/food-labeling/can-food-products-be-traced-a-response/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.foodessentials.com/food-labeling/can-food-products-be-traced-a-response/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:28:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>axavier</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food Labeling]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Marion Nestle of foodpolitics.com posted about a recent exercise conducted by the FDA.  This is my comment on that post&#8230;which ended up getting too long for a comment so I posted it here.
It&#8217;s a big modern problem.  The opening up of the market to new foods, new ingredients,  new suppliers, and new manufacturing practices, enabled [...]]]></description>
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