The Unnatural Death of 'Natural'.

ORGANIC food labeling; PROCESSED foods; ACTIONS & defenses (Law); UNITED States. Congress; UNITED States. Food & Drug Administration; HYDROGENATED oil industry

The article focuses on the natural labeling of processed foods in the U.S. Topics include the 100 lawsuits filed against companies for misinterpreting their products as natural, the advocacy of consumers on civil action or to introduce a bill in the U.S. Congress that would legally define natural products, and the actions of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to eliminate partially hydrogenated oils in the food supplies.