10 Jun, 2024 Proving that there is a list for everything, here are the top 10 states with the dirtiest restaurants. By Paul Benson It seems like everywhere I look I find another list. The top 5 romantic trip destinations, the top 10 sports franchises, or the top 20...
29 May, 2024 Can scientists create chocolate and other food products out of air? By Paul Benson Some things sound too good to be true. I read this article and thought there had to be a catch. And there is one. The scientists involved...
29 May, 2024 Florida is the first state to ban "lab grown" meat. But why? By Paul Benson Lab-grown meat is meat developed from animal stem cells. It has been the subject of $3 billion in investment capital between 2016 and...
23 May, 2024 Would front of package food labels make you eat healthier? By Paul Benson In Mexico and other countries, stop-sign-shaped symbols appear on the front of certain food products to indicate these items contain high...
21 May, 2024 The "yuck" factor is a barrier to insect protein consumption. By Paul Benson I've posted a lot about alternative protein sources. Everywhere I look in the food and beverage literature, I see another article touting...
30 Apr, 2024 The father of nutrition labels is still going strong at 89. Thank you, Peter Barton Hutt. By Paul Benson Peter Barton Hutt's law firm, Covington & Burling, apparently threw him and some of his colleagues a retirement party 20 or so years ago....
02 Apr, 2024 FDA trying to add uniformity to post-market safety review list by adding chemicals targeted by state bans. By Paul Benson Two months ago, I posted about states banning certain food additives and how doing so can fracture the efforts to create uniformity in...
19 Mar, 2024 Largest study on ultra-processed foods is "highly suggestive" and "suggestive" of multiple adverse health outcomes. By Paul Benson I've posted a lot about ultra-processed foods (UPF) because there is a plethora of articles in the popular literature about the...
15 Mar, 2024 Microplastics and nanoplastics: what are they and what are their risks? By Paul Benson New research in the journal Frontiers suggests that broken down plastics can be carriers of a range of endocrine disrupting chemicals...
13 Mar, 2024 False advertising lawsuit alleges there are undisclosed pesticides in Cheerios. Further proof of the creativity of the plaintiffs' bar. By Paul Benson I've posted frequently about what seems to be the never-ending litany of false advertising lawsuits against food and beverage...
11 Mar, 2024 Nutrition labels on wine appears to be inevitable. Is that a good or a bad thing? By Paul Benson I think it is only a matter of time before American consumers see nutrition labels on wine. The European Union recently mandated it,...
06 Mar, 2024 FDA says PFAS is no longer used in food packaging. What's next? By Paul Benson It seems like I can't open a legal publication in the food and beverage or product liability space, and not see something about PFAS....