Academic Calls for Radical Shift: Urges Removal of Corporate Influence in U.S. Food Policy
Washington, D.C. — A growing chorus of academics and food safety advocates are calling for a significant overhaul of how food laws and policies are formulated in the United States, urging the reduction of corporate influence that they claim skews public health and nutrition priorities. As debates intensify about the influence of major conglomerates over public nutritional guidelines and food policies, voices like those from educational institutions argue that the public’s health has been compromised by profit-driven motives. This complex web of interactions between corporate America and food policy has led to what some experts … Read more