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wine + spirits + beer

What’s in a Wine?

A winery introduces ingredient labels.
03.24.08
food politics

Udderly Serious

Mark January down as Milk Month. The beverage promises to be much in the news.
01.07.08
food politics

We Should Have Known

Pennsylvania's Agriculture Secretary claimed that labels for rBST-free milk were misleading because you can't test milk to see whether the fake hormone was present.
12.04.07
food politics

Oops!

The USDA allowed Tyson Foods Inc. to label its chicken "raised without antibiotics." But Tyson's birds were still fed a diet laced with drugs.
11.27.07
food politics

Loud and Clear

There is worry that the National Organic Standards Board won't hear this message: No farmed salmon should be allowed to carry the USDA organic label.
11.05.07
food politics

Politics of the Plate: Consumer Protection?

The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture ordered dairies in the state to remove certain language from their labels: "antibiotic-free," and "pesticide-free."
10.29.07
food politics

Greener Pastures?

All young beef cattle are grass fed. Most, however, end their days crammed into vast feedlots gorging on an unnatural diet of corn.
10.22.07
food politics

Fishy Labeling

"Organic" seafood is everywhere.
07.16.07
food politics

Politics of the Plate: Mystery Meats

In 2002, Congress passed a law requiring country-of-origin labeling on all seafood, meat, poultry, and produce sold in this country.
07.09.07
food + cooking

The X–Factor

What is friendlier, less threatening, more full of primary colors and cartoon script, than the junk food aisle at the supermarket?
06.18.07
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