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They pull the UFO card whenever they know their rapture is coming so they can blame it on muh aliens.
FDA ban on food dyes is actually voluntary, not required — Dyes can remain but with warning labels
CR applauds goal but cautions that multistep, voluntary process could be drawn out, encourages states to adopt bans while agencies work towards phase-out
WASHINGTON DC – The Department of Health and Human Services and Food and Drug Administration announced a plan today to phase out eight petroleum-based dyes in food, which have been linked to several serious health problems. Under the plan, the agencies will rely primarily on food companies to voluntarily stop using most of the dyes. HHS Secretary Kennedy indicated at a news conference that the plan is based on “an understanding” the agencies have worked out with industry. The plan is short on details on what action the agencies will take if food companies fail to remove the dyes by the end of 2026.
Consumer Reports, which has long advocated for eliminating harmful food dyes, said the goal is laudable, but the plan could take years to achieve and that states should continue to adopt their own bans to ensure consumers are protected. CR warned that recent staff and budget cuts at the agencies could undermine their ability to carry out this effort.
“It’s encouraging to see the FDA working towards a ban on synthetic food dyes, but this multistep plan relies on voluntary industry efforts that will simply prolong the amount of time it will take to get dangerous dyes out of our food,” said Brian Ronholm, director of food policy at Consumer Reports. “We need an enforceable ban on harmful synthetic food dyes. States should continue to act on legislation to remove toxic chemicals and dyes from food. Consumers shouldn’t have to wait and rely on this industry to act voluntarily after years of resistance.”
The dyes are found in thousands of food and drink products and are used to make them brightly colored and visually appealing. Earlier this year, West Virginia banned most artificial dyes from food and more than two dozen other states are considering similar bans on the food chemicals.
Ronholm continued, “Synthetic food dyes provide no nutritional benefit but pose neurological problems to some children. These dangerous dyes don’t belong in our food, especially since safer alternatives are readily available. Banning these dyes will protect the public and prompt manufacturers to switch to safer ingredients they already use in the products they sell in Europe and many countries.”
Consumption of synthetic food dyes have been linked to adverse neurobehavioral symptoms, such as inattention, impulsiveness and hyperactivity in certain children, particularly those at risk for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) concluded in an April 2021 report that the scientific literature indicates that synthetic food dyes can impact neurobehavior in some children. The report also found that low-income families had higher intake of synthetic food dyes and that Black women and their children had significantly higher intake of synthetic food dyes compared to other groups.
CR has actively worked to support legislation in states around the country to ban synthetic food dyes and co-sponsored with EWG landmark bills in California to prohibit dangerous dyes and chemicals in food. In 2022, CR signed onto a petition to the FDA led by the Center for the Science in the Public Interest calling for a federal ban of Red Dye No. 3, which is a known carcinogen and has been linked to hyperactivity and other neurobehavioral effects in children.
After the FDA responded to the petition and announced a ban on the Red Dye No. 3 earlier this year, CR called on the agency to ban six other chemical dyes in food that are linked to a range of health problems – Red 40, Yellow 5 & 6, Blue 1 & 2, and Green 3 – and have gathered more than 60,000 petition signatures urging the agency to take action.
https://advocacy.consumerreports.org/press_release/hhs-and-fda-announce-plan-for-industry-to-voluntarily-phase-out-harmful-synthetic-dyes-in-food/
Jumbo blueberries are 3x times larger than normal, last for 30 days, and aren't GMO
Berry unicorn startup Fruitist has surpassed $400 million in annual sales, thanks to the success of its long-lasting jumbo blueberries.
The company, which was founded in 2012, announced on Tuesday that it is changing its name from Agrovision to Fruitist. It previously only used the name for branding its consumer products, which also include raspberries, blackberries and blueberries.
As sales of its berries grow, Fruitist has raised more than $600 million in venture capital, according to Pitchbook data. Notable backers include the family office of Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio.
Fruitist is reportedly considering going public as soon as this year, even as global trade conflicts hit stocks and raise fears about a global economic slowdown.
The company has tried to set itself apart in a crowded space in part by positioning its berries as “snackable.” The snacking category has been one of the fastest growing in the food industry in recent years.
While many consumers still enjoy potato chips and pretzels, many big food companies have expanded their portfolios in recent years to include healthier options. The adoption of GLP-1 drugs and the “Make America Healthy Again” agenda pushed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have made healthier snacking options even more attractive to both consumers and investors.
Today, Fruitist’s berries can be found in more than 12,500 North American retailers, including Costco, Walmart and Whole Foods. Sales of its jumbo blueberries alone have tripled in the last 12 months, fueling the company’s growth.
Co-founder and CEO Steve Magami told CNBC that Fruitist was created to solve the problem of “berry roulette.” That’s what he calls the uneven quality of grocery store berries, which he blames on the business model of legacy produce players.
“You have a bunch of small growers that send their product to a packer, and the packer sends the product to a distributor or an importer, and then that player is either selling to the retailers or they are sending the product to another distributor to then sell to retailers,” Magami said. “You have this disjointed value chain that stifles quality.”
To sell more berries of higher consistent quality, the company grows its fruit in microclimates, with its own farms in Oregon, Morocco, Egypt and Mexico. It also uses machine learning models to predict the best time to pick the fruit. Fruitist invested heavily in infrastructure, like on-site cold storage to keep the berries fresh before they ship.
The company’s vertically integrated supply chain means that its berries should last longer than the competition.
“I’ve intentionally let them sit in my refrigerator for three weeks, and they’re still great after three weeks,” Magami said.
Larger berries, like the company’s non-genetically modified jumbo blueberries that are two to three times the size of a regular blueberry, also have a longer shelf life.
Looking ahead, Fruitist is planning to expand into cherries. The company is growing them now on its Chilean farms and plans to start shipping them next season, which means they could land in grocery stores by early 2026.
Magami said the company has invested more than $600 million to farm berries year-round and build a global footprint that spans North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
To date, Fruitist has spent little of the funding it has raised on marketing, although that’s set to change. In February, Major League Soccer team D.C. United announced a multiyear deal with the company, including an exclusive sleeve patch partnership.
One push for public recognition could come in the form of an initial public offering.
In January, Bloomberg reported that the company was weighing going public as soon as June. Magami declined to comment on the report to CNBC.
If Fruitist decides to go public, it will enter a public market that has yielded mixed results for new stocks in recent years.
Produce giant Dole returned to the public markets in 2021. Shares of the company have risen 14% over the last year, outpacing the S&P 500′s gains of 2% over the same period. Dole, which reported annual revenue of $2.2 billion last year, has a market value of $1.3 billion.
However, market turmoil caused by the White House’s trade wars have led a number of companies, like Klarna and StubHub, to delay their plans to go public. But investors are interested in consumer companies with strong growth; shares of Chinese tea chain Chagee climbed 15% in the company’s public market debut on Thursday.
Trade tensions present other challenges for a global produce company. President Donald Trump has temporarily lowered new tariff rates on imports from most countries to just 10% until early July, but it’s unclear what could happen after that deadline. India, where Fruitist owns nearly 50 acres to grow blueberries, is facing a 26% duty, for example.
Still, Magami said the company is anticipating “minimal impact” from the duties, noting that it has been investing in U.S. production for years.
“We’re optimistic about how this will play out,” he said. “We don’t import to compete with the domestic supply, we import to actually provide 52 weeks.”
Luckily for Fruitist, the tariff rates are set to rise when domestic berries are in season.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/22/fruitist-berry-startup-worth-1-billion-backed-by-ray-dalio-office.html
Jumbo blueberries are 3x times larger than normal, last for 30 days, and aren't GMO
Berry unicorn startup Fruitist has surpassed $400 million in annual sales, thanks to the success of its long-lasting jumbo blueberries.
The company, which was founded in 2012, announced on Tuesday that it is changing its name from Agrovision to Fruitist. It previously only used the name for branding its consumer products, which also include raspberries, blackberries and blueberries.
As sales of its berries grow, Fruitist has raised more than $600 million in venture capital, according to Pitchbook data. Notable backers include the family office of Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio.
Fruitist is reportedly considering going public as soon as this year, even as global trade conflicts hit stocks and raise fears about a global economic slowdown.
The company has tried to set itself apart in a crowded space in part by positioning its berries as “snackable.” The snacking category has been one of the fastest growing in the food industry in recent years.
While many consumers still enjoy potato chips and pretzels, many big food companies have expanded their portfolios in recent years to include healthier options. The adoption of GLP-1 drugs and the “Make America Healthy Again” agenda pushed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have made healthier snacking options even more attractive to both consumers and investors.
Today, Fruitist’s berries can be found in more than 12,500 North American retailers, including Costco, Walmart and Whole Foods. Sales of its jumbo blueberries alone have tripled in the last 12 months, fueling the company’s growth.
Co-founder and CEO Steve Magami told CNBC that Fruitist was created to solve the problem of “berry roulette.” That’s what he calls the uneven quality of grocery store berries, which he blames on the business model of legacy produce players.
“You have a bunch of small growers that send their product to a packer, and the packer sends the product to a distributor or an importer, and then that player is either selling to the retailers or they are sending the product to another distributor to then sell to retailers,” Magami said. “You have this disjointed value chain that stifles quality.”
To sell more berries of higher consistent quality, the company grows its fruit in microclimates, with its own farms in Oregon, Morocco, Egypt and Mexico. It also uses machine learning models to predict the best time to pick the fruit. Fruitist invested heavily in infrastructure, like on-site cold storage to keep the berries fresh before they ship.
The company’s vertically integrated supply chain means that its berries should last longer than the competition.
“I’ve intentionally let them sit in my refrigerator for three weeks, and they’re still great after three weeks,” Magami said.
Larger berries, like the company’s non-genetically modified jumbo blueberries that are two to three times the size of a regular blueberry, also have a longer shelf life.
Looking ahead, Fruitist is planning to expand into cherries. The company is growing them now on its Chilean farms and plans to start shipping them next season, which means they could land in grocery stores by early 2026.
Magami said the company has invested more than $600 million to farm berries year-round and build a global footprint that spans North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
To date, Fruitist has spent little of the funding it has raised on marketing, although that’s set to change. In February, Major League Soccer team D.C. United announced a multiyear deal with the company, including an exclusive sleeve patch partnership.
One push for public recognition could come in the form of an initial public offering.
In January, Bloomberg reported that the company was weighing going public as soon as June. Magami declined to comment on the report to CNBC.
If Fruitist decides to go public, it will enter a public market that has yielded mixed results for new stocks in recent years.
Produce giant Dole returned to the public markets in 2021. Shares of the company have risen 14% over the last year, outpacing the S&P 500′s gains of 2% over the same period. Dole, which reported annual revenue of $2.2 billion last year, has a market value of $1.3 billion.
However, market turmoil caused by the White House’s trade wars have led a number of companies, like Klarna and StubHub, to delay their plans to go public. But investors are interested in consumer companies with strong growth; shares of Chinese tea chain Chagee climbed 15% in the company’s public market debut on Thursday.
Trade tensions present other challenges for a global produce company. President Donald Trump has temporarily lowered new tariff rates on imports from most countries to just 10% until early July, but it’s unclear what could happen after that deadline. India, where Fruitist owns nearly 50 acres to grow blueberries, is facing a 26% duty, for example.
Still, Magami said the company is anticipating “minimal impact” from the duties, noting that it has been investing in U.S. production for years.
“We’re optimistic about how this will play out,” he said. “We don’t import to compete with the domestic supply, we import to actually provide 52 weeks.”
Luckily for Fruitist, the tariff rates are set to rise when domestic berries are in season.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/22/fruitist-berry-startup-worth-1-billion-backed-by-ray-dalio-office.html
So the deep state is now saying an illegal alien non-citizen MS-13 gang member deserves due-process, but the deep state literally tried to take Trump off the voting ballots and tried to throw him in jail without any evidence of anything.
First-person view of a Firefighter quenching a fire.
Praying in Latin has its benefits not for extra Holy benefits but because if a person is faking a demon-possession, then only the demon can understand and not the potential faker if you say something as a tester in Latin first.
Maybe. I don't think language is a barrier for God unless you didn't learn a single language to a reasonable degree.
Allegedly only God Himself can teach you Tongues. I do not speak that. But also I do not seek such power even though maybe I should.
Jesus never need no Tongues. I specialize in memes and meme accessories.
Yeah words have meaning so learn powerful words that incites an emotion or memory.
If the person didn't know Latin, then it's the demon speaking.
Well that's assuming you're good with words where you would know how and when to use them in order to move a crowd in whatever direction you want.