Blog entries tagged with "federal government"

SUBSIDIZING OBESITY: THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S ROLE IN INCREASING THE DEMAND FOR BACON DOUBLE CHEESEBURGERS

Americans love their bacon double cheeseburgers, and why wouldn’t they? For a few bucks anyone can enjoy a juicy burger. The price of meat is cheap in today’s world because the federal government has decided that meat is an important and necessary staple in the American diet. As ...

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“(MOSTLY) NATURAL” AND “(MOSTLY) ORGANIC”: FOOD LABELING AS (MOSTLY) REGULATED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

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Over the greater portion of the last decade there appears to be an ever-increasing food-consumer consciousness about the quality, health, and overall credibility of food produced in the nation. This consumer consciousness has led to the push, as well, towards a demand for “natural” or “organic” products. With this increasing ...

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