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“Wild-caught,” “organic,” “grass-fed”: what do all these animal welfare labels actually mean?

“Wild-caught,” “organic,” “grass-fed”: what do all these animal welfare labels actually mean?

A shopper’s guide to the labels on meat, dairy, and eggs. On a simple run to the grocery store, we’re confronted by a dizzying array of food labels in the meat, dairy, and egg aisles. From “natural” to “Certified Humane” to “free-range,” it can be difficult to know which labels on animal products signal that...

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FDA regulation of products containing cannabis and cannabis-derived compounds

FDA regulation of products containing cannabis and cannabis-derived compounds

The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 was signed into law. Among other things, this new law changes certain federal authorities relating to the production and marketing of hemp, defined as cannabis (Cannabis sativa L.), and derivatives of cannabis with extremely low (less than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis) concentrations of the psychoactive compound...