Food and health

U.S. China Agreement on Food Safety: Terms and Enforcement Capacity

A review of the U.S. China food safety agreement summarizing the views of U.S. Congressional investigators who doubted that the Chinese General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) could effectively implement and enforce the hundreds of pages of new food safety rules.

7 Reasons Why the Doha Round Will Not Solve the Food Crisis

Leaders at the WTO and World Bank are pushing for a Doha Round to help solve the food crisis, but here are seven reasons why they are wrong.

Scare isn't the last, only the latest

Last month, within a day of each other, Wal-Mart promised to stop carrying baby bottles with bisphenol-A (BPA) -- a toxic chemical that has received recent attention -- and Nalgene announced it will stop making its signature water bottles from the unsafe plastic.

Will the Food Crisis Finally Get the Attention of Presidential Candidates

As we head into another round of presidential primaries, the specter of a growing world food crisis looms on the horizon.

Turning High Prices Into an Opportunity: What is Needed

The global food crisis is an opportunity for the international community to provide greater support for agriculture in countries that are struggling with hunger.

Smart Plastics: Common Questions and Answers

Questions people have about the numbered system on plastic containers and bottles are answered in this fact sheet, the companion to the the Smart Plastics Guide.

New Baby Bottle Study Spurs Need for State Legislation

Minnesota based Healthy Legacy, co-founded by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, along with environmental health organizations across the U.S. and Canada are calling for an immediate phase out of bisphenol A in food and beverage containers, based on the results of a new study that demonstrates the toxic chemical bisphenol A (BPA) leaches from plastic baby bottles when heated.

Food & Society Policy Fellowship Announces 2009 Class

The Food & Society Policy Fellows program named nine new Fellows with backgrounds in farming, public health, film making and policy research to promote strategies for achieving a more sustainable, healthy and equitable food system.

A "Healthy Food" Bill for Not So Healthy Americans

By David Wallinga, M.D. and Robert S. Lawrence, M.D.

The Farm Bill and Public Health: An Overview

This paper was produced for the WIngspread Conference on Childhood Obesity, Healthy Eating and Agricultural Policy held in March 2007i. It provides background on the Farm Bill, as well as a summary of key issues and interest group priorities that will influence Farm Bill debates.