Thanks for bringing this to the forefront for all who have forgotten. Anything the FDA approves is most likely harmful. "Food safety" means two different things depending on if it is coming from those who love our food and us and those who love making money and see us as disposable beings in the overall scheme of things. We are trying to protect ourselves and others from those who have attempted to reassure us that they are giving safe and effective chemicals to make our food safe and effectively fake.
I have a dream that one day I will walk into any food providers, and I don't have to read the labels because all the food is safe and humanely and locally sold by homegrown farmers and gardeners!
Technically, my understanding is that yes, a piece of fruit or vegetable that has the Apeel coating, also need to disclose that on the label.
However, we all know that stickers and labels get separated from things regularly. (Except when you're trying to take a sticker off. Lol)
But, that is only on the immediate retail consumer level.
What about packaged foods, processed items? What about institutional foods or eating out? None of these situations require any types of discloser for food additives, only for the most likely food allergens.
We have a LONG ways to go to get to truly transparent labeling. But, I think it's far wiser to get to complete transparency in our system by having mostly hyper-local food systems where we know what goes into our food because we are part of that process. That's my ideal.
More info here if you are interested in learning more about synthetic coatings on our food:
Thanks for bringing this to the forefront for all who have forgotten. Anything the FDA approves is most likely harmful. "Food safety" means two different things depending on if it is coming from those who love our food and us and those who love making money and see us as disposable beings in the overall scheme of things. We are trying to protect ourselves and others from those who have attempted to reassure us that they are giving safe and effective chemicals to make our food safe and effectively fake.
I have a dream that one day I will walk into any food providers, and I don't have to read the labels because all the food is safe and humanely and locally sold by homegrown farmers and gardeners!
Spot on Sharonmo! Thank you!
You are part of my dream! Thank you so much for all yu do!
Must they label a fruit coated in Apeel? Can it be removed?
Hi Lisa,
Great questions!
Technically, my understanding is that yes, a piece of fruit or vegetable that has the Apeel coating, also need to disclose that on the label.
However, we all know that stickers and labels get separated from things regularly. (Except when you're trying to take a sticker off. Lol)
But, that is only on the immediate retail consumer level.
What about packaged foods, processed items? What about institutional foods or eating out? None of these situations require any types of discloser for food additives, only for the most likely food allergens.
We have a LONG ways to go to get to truly transparent labeling. But, I think it's far wiser to get to complete transparency in our system by having mostly hyper-local food systems where we know what goes into our food because we are part of that process. That's my ideal.
More info here if you are interested in learning more about synthetic coatings on our food:
https://www.cornucopia.org/2023/07/apeel-and-edible-coatings-your-questions-answered/
And I’m 100% with you on local food systems.
Thank you!