OrganicAuthority.com - Organic Blog » cornucopia institute http://www.organicauthority.com/blog Organic Authority - organic food, organic living, green living, organic thoughts. Mon, 20 May 2013 19:34:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 Organic Advocacy Group Urges FDA to Remove Controversial Additive from Food Supply http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/organic-group-requests-fda-remove-carrageenan-from-food-supply/ http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/organic-group-requests-fda-remove-carrageenan-from-food-supply/#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 07:00:23 +0000 Lacy http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/?p=11620 In 2012, the Food and Drug Administration rejected a petition started by a researcher and physician at the University of Illinois to have carrageenan, a "natural" food additive that has been linked to gastrointestinal inflammation, including cancer, removed from the agency's list of approved food additives.]]> http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/organic-group-requests-fda-remove-carrageenan-from-food-supply/feed/ 0 Whole Foods and Major Cereal Brands Accused of Deceptively Marketing GMOs as ‘Natural’ http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/whole-foods-and-major-cereal-brands-accused-of-deceptively-marketing-gmos-as-natural-food/ http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/whole-foods-and-major-cereal-brands-accused-of-deceptively-marketing-gmos-as-natural-food/#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:22:56 +0000 Jill Ettinger http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/?p=10281 GMOs in the cereal aisle?

Accusations by the organic industry watchdog group The Cornucopia Institute suggest that a number of well established health food brands are selling cereals containing genetically modified ingredients as "natural."

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The controversial case surrounding Promisedland Livestock's organic certification came to a close last week as the operation's organic certification was officially ordered suspended, effective July 28, 2011.

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