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Food manufacturers and a host of trade groups are pushing for a national solution to food labeling as multiple states move toward requiring warning labels and fuller disclosure of ingredients.

When an opportunity recently arose to visit my husband’s Canadian cousins in Calgary, I jumped at it. While I wanted to meet his relatives, visit Canada for the first time and see the majesty of the Canadian Rockies, I was most excited to visit the grocery store. In 2024, Canada was both the second-largest exporter of agricultural products to the U.S., representing 19% of all American agricultural imports, and the second-largest destination of U.S. agricultural exports at 17% of the total. 

A Texas bill requiring food products with certain ingredients to include a warning label has been signed into law, and is set to take effect in 2027.

Following the rise of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Make America Healthy Again Movement, over 100 bills have been introduced at the state level seeking to regulate the food industry. These efforts range from banning certain food ingredients in school meals to prohibiting ingredients in the whole state.

Industry groups are criticizing FDA Commissioner Martin Makary for “incorrect and misleading” comments on seed oils.

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