Kroger-Owned City Market’s Fake “Your Health Matters” Ad Campaign
Recently City Market grocery stores, a chain owned by Kroger Company, started running billboards in Grand Junction, Colorado that say […]
Food
Ultra-Processed Food, Drink Driving Global Epidemic of Non-Communicable Disease
In 2011, the United Nations convened a high-level meeting to address the global burden of non-communicable diseases. Participants concluded that
Subway Finds Size Really Does Matter
Subway stores are in big PR trouble. It all started when earlier this month an Australian man posted a photo
FDA- Approved “Buttery” Food Flavoring Makes People Sick
A chemical flavoring used to create that delicious, buttery flavor in microwave popcorn, when heated, can cause a life-threatening, irreversible
Twitter Facilitated Some of the Biggest PR Disasters of 2012
Business Insider has published a list of the biggest PR disasters of 2012. There are some doozies, and social media figured into
Have People Had Enough of Food Chemicals and Additives?
People who cringe at the weird-sounding chemical additives in food, like sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate, guar gum or disodium EDTA, are starting
Advertising, Consumer advocacy, Corruption, Elections, Ethics, Food, Front groups, Health, Human rights, Lies, Media, politics, Propaganda, Safety, Tobacco
Monsanto, Big Food Battle California GMO Disclosure Measure
Big food, candy and chemical companies are pouring tens of millions of dollars into fighting California’s Proposition 37, which would
Exposed: Sweet Lies from the Sugar Industry
The November/December issue of Mother Jones magazine has an explosive new analysis of more than 1,500 pages of internal documents
Biotech Giant Syngenta Facing Criminal Charges Over GM Corn
The big biotechnology firm Syngenta is facing criminal charges for covering up a U.S. study that showed cows died after
Advertising, Food, Marketing
FDA Rejects Corn Industry’s Request to Rename High Fructose Corn Sugar
After people started avoiding high-fructose corn syrup in the foods they buy, the Corn Refiners Association (CRA) petitioned the U.S.
The Average Soda is 6 Times Bigger Than in the 1950s?
The average fast food restaurant meal today is over four times bigger than it was in the 1950s, according to
The Bottled Water Scam
People who buy bottled water pay up to 1,900 times what tap water costs, but get less access to key
animal abuse, Corporations, Ethics, Food, Grassroots advocacy
Burger King Announces It Will Change to Cruelty-Free Foods
Fast-food giant Burger King announced this week that it will no longer buy pork from pig producers that use gestation
BP Ads Say Everything’s Great in the Gulf; Fisherman Report Sicknesses, Deformed Sea Life
Two years after the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico, BP is running ads on TV promoting tourism
Consumer advocacy, Food, Health
Campaign Urges Hospitals to Evict McDonalds Restaurants
Corporate Accountability International (CAI), a group that challenges corporate abuses, posted an open letter on its website asking hospitals that
Kroger to Stop Using Pink Slime in Meat
After weeks of silence, the Kroger Company — America’s biggest supermarket purveyor — announced in a short press release March
Consumer advocacy, Ethics, Food, Health, Marketing
Pink Slime Manufacturer Starts New Website, “PinkSlimeIsAMyth.com”; USDA Backs off Pushing Pink Slime in Schools
Beef Products, Inc. (BPI), the manufacturer of pink slime, has started a new website, PinkSlimeIsAMyth.com, to battle the growing tide
Know Your Slime
A photo that has been published recently alongside articles on “pink slime” — the highly-processed, barely-beef byproduct ABC News revealed