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Codex Alimentarius Commission approves GM food labeling guidance

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • Global
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  • July 15 2011

According to news sources, the Codex Alimentarius Commission concluded its meeting in Geneva by reaching an agreement on labeling foods that contain genetically modified (GM) ingredients

Celebrity endorsements blamed for kids’ “junk” food choices

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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  • Global, USA
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  • March 15 2013

A University of Liverpool study contends that "celebrity endorsement of a food product encourages children to eat more of the endorsed product." The

WCRFAICR report links bowel cancer risk to meaty diet

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • Global
  • -
  • May 27 2011

The World Cancer Research FundAmerican Institute for Cancer Research (WCRFAICR) has issued a colorectal cancer report allegedly concluding "that red and processed meat increase risk of the disease."

Chem trust investigates chemical causes of obesity

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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  • Global, United Kingdom
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  • March 23 2012

The U.K.-based Chemicals, Health and Environment Monitoring (CHEM) Trust has issued a March 2012 report claiming that recent studies have linked “hormone disrupting chemicals in food and consumer products” to obesity and Type 2 diabetes in humans

IOM publishes report on the effects of falsified and substandard medicines

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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  • Global, USA
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  • February 21 2013

At the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), national think tank the Institute of Medicine (IOM) has published a report that