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Food Labels Revealed will shed some light onto the sometimes mysterious and inscrutable food ingredients label , which is found on all processed food containers.
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Thursday Apr 30, 2020
Thursday Apr 30, 2020
INGREDIENTS OF THE DAY: None
Have you ever wondered how our modern commercial food system got to be so chock full of additives in the first place? There’s something like 10,000 chemicals approved for food use.
And how does a new food additive get approved for use? The answers to those questions are both historical and complicated, and I will attempt to tackle them in this episode.
Show Notes:
To Contact Show: foodlabelsrevealed@gmail.com
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/prophetofprocessedfood/?ref=bookmarks
The podcast can be subscribed to at the iTunes store or using most of the podcast apps available for smart phones or tablets. Just search under Food Labels Revealed.
References:
Swindled: The Dark History of Food Fraud from Poisoned Candy to Counterfeit Coffee by Bee Wilson
The Poison Squad by Deborah Blum
FDA Database: Substances Added to Food
Smithsonian Magazine: Where Did the FDA Come From and What Does It Do
Cranford, New Jersey Neighborhood Newsletter: Historic Resident Fought for Pure Food Laws
FDA Consumer Magazine: The Story of the Laws Behind the Labels
FDA: Sugar, A Cautionary Tale
Food Safety News: The GRAS Process
Public Integrity: Why the FDA Really Doesn’t Know What’s in Your Food
NPR: Why the FDA Has Never Looked at Some of the Additives in Our Food
Natural Resources Defense Council: Generally Recognized as Secret
North Dakota State University: Overview of FDA’s GRAS
Music:
Intro music is the "Peter Gunn Theme" by Henri Mancini
Outro music is "Happy Boy" courtesy of Kevin MacLeod
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