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The North American Society for the Study of Celiac Disease (NASSCD) invited me to take part in a conference call to release their official statement regarding the recent Domino's Pizza announcement of their...
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I’ve been asked to comment on the HBO series, Weight of the Nation and everything that comes with it: the accompanying book, the auxiliary videos, the distribution plan to schools and other inst itutions...
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In response to my post on tuna scrape, Professor Alan Reilly, Chief Executive, Food Safety Authority of Ireland (the equivalent of our FDA) sent this photograph of an actual tuna scrape label. &n bsp...
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While Weight of the Nation is airing on HBO this week (I’ll comment on it after it’s fully aired), here’s what happens when public health officials try to do something to make it eas ier...
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I have been waiting for the proverbial dust to settle a bit regarding the whole National Foundation for Celiac Awareness (NFCA)/Domino’s debacle hit the social media space last week. I was off and...
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I was a member of the FDA Food Advisory Committee when the agency approved production of genetically modified foods in the early 1990s. At the time, critics repeatedly warned that widespread planting of...
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2 weeks after the New York Times broke this, it’s still here: covered on 20/20 Friday and Forbes still has it front and center (my comments are highlighted): 10 days of fat and protein or j ust...
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I was riveted by an article in today’s New York Times about the latest decision of an FDA drug advisory panel. The panel voted to approve a new weight-loss drug, lorcaserin. The vote was m ixed...
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The National Consumers League, claiming to represent consumers' interests, issued a press release this week announcing they had submitted a complaint to the FDA, asking the agency to banish NuVal from the...
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The Government Accountability Office is complaining again about the inadequacies of the American food safety system, and with good reason. Its 2012 Annual Report, Opportunities to Reduce Duplication, Overlap...
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