• Why manufacturers often push for the government to define food terms like “natural” [Peter Van Doren, Cato]
• The curse of Prohibition: how government nearly killed the cocktail [Peter Suderman]
• “Judge tosses class action suits over ‘100 percent grated Parmesan cheese’ label” [ABA Journal] “Food Court Follies: Fraud Suits Fall Apart after Plaintiffs’ Candid Admissions During Discovery” [Glenn Lammi, WLF] “Will a class-action suit really benefit those who bought Starburst [candies] expecting eight-percent fewer calories?” [Baylen Linnekin]
• Farmers are good at replenishing their flying livestock: “How Capitalism Saved the Bees” [Shawn Regan]
• “Menu labeling rules have not proven to have a significant effect on the amount of calories people consume” [Charles Hughes, Economics21 on FDA decision to proceed]
• More reactions to the Seventh Circuit’s caustic ruling (“no better than a racket”) on the Subway footlong settlement [George Leef, Cory Andrews, earlier]

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