You see it in EVERY grocery store, down every aisle, the “All natural” food label craze. It’s on grape juice, potato chips, cereals, and the vitamins you take. But, wait just a minute……
Mercury, after all, is all-natural, but you won't see anyone adding that to their soup anytime soon! Believe it or not, ANYONE can slap an "all-natural" sticker on their product with few, if even worse, no, penalties at all.
According to the Washington Post, "natural" is used in $40.7 BILLION worth of food items in the US alone.$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
In 1983, The FTC (Federal Trade Commission) defined natural as “with no artificial ingredients and only minimal processing” but got abandoned because it was too hard to keep track of, and if something is processed, can you call it natural?
32 years later the FDA still has no set definition:
With an outpour of questions, concerns, and lawsuits, the FDA has decided to accept public comments from November 12, 2015, through February 10, 2016.
Specifically, the FDA asks for information and public comment on questions such as:
• Whether it is appropriate to define the term "natural,"
• If so, how the agency should define "natural" and
• How the agency should determine appropriate use of the term on food labels.
Though there won't be a hard definition anytime soon, This is a step in the right direction, and I recommend you go and leave an 'all natural' comment ASAP.
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