The Sunday News
For this week’s news, it will be pretty hard to beat Sheryl Kirby’s post about bugs in food coloring. I’m still wondering about what this means for vegetarians.
In fact, food production news this week seems to be dominated by the question of what is really in our food, and whether said food lives up to its label. The Seattle Times reports that local grocery chain PCC Natural Markets will stop carrying Horizon Organic milk products because it doubts that the milk meets current organic standards. At the same time, the Organic Consumers Association is expanding its boycott of Horizon and Aurora organic dairy products to include five national “private label” organic milk brands supplied by Aurora, as well as two leading organic soy products, Silk and White Wave, owned by Horizon’s parent company, Dean Foods.
Concern over what’s really in soft drinks is also in the news. Two Indian states, Kerala and Karnataka, have banned the sale and production of sodas marketed by Coca-Cola and Pepsi because of alleged pesticides in the drinks. Debate is raging over the decision, and you can look forward to in-depth coverage of the controversy in a future Growers and Grocers post.
On a lighter note, Wired News presents a clever piece about the not-so-successful incursion of “gourmet” food into fast-food restaurant menus. Enjoy!
