Environmental Working Group (EWG) 42d ago

Big Food wants you to believe new state food safety laws will send your grocery bill through the roof, but the math doesn't add up. A food industry-backed group called Americans for Ingredient Transparency (AFIT) claims food chemical laws in Texas, Louisiana and West Virginia could cost families nearly $900 more a year. But AFIT's “cost-benefit analysis” leans on 16-year-old consumer data, ignores affordable additive-free options already on shelves and somehow leaves out the actual health benefits of these laws. We've seen this playbook before. Industry predicted the same massive price hikes for GMO labeling. They never happened. Clear labels help families make informed choices faster. That's not a burden. That's a benefit.