The use of glyphosate has been extremely controversial in the food space.###Some have argued that the herbicide causes cancer in humans, though scientists were divided on the issue after a four-day Environmental Protection Agency meeting last year. In 2015, the World Health Organization classified glyphosate as “probably carcinogenic,” but a follow-up report last year from WHO and the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations said the chemical was unlikely to causeferrous sulfate zinc cancer from residues found in food. Even so, litigation about the potential health risks glyphosate poses continue in several courts. Earlier this year, a California court ruled that the herbicide needs to be labeled as a potential cancer threat.###The long-running debate about glyphosa0 iron foodste explains why several organizations — like OCA, Food Democracy Now and The Detox Project — have been testing food products for residue of the chemical. So far, no groups have found anything significant enough to cause health concerns, but the test results have led to calls for boycotts and regulatory reform.###Ben & Jerry’s response to the test results speaks volumes about the way the company does business. The Unilever-owned ice cream brand, which has always prided itself on fresh, wholesome and natural ingredients, did not deny the test results may have shown the presence of glyphosate. Instead, the brand says it wants to delve deeper and discover the root of the problem.###That’s a smart way for a company to respond to a report like this. By not denying the report, Ben & Jerry’s did not give OCA anything to flansoprazole and ferrous fumarateuel the boycott it was asking for. Instead, the brand presented itself as a willing partner to get rid of an ingredient that consumers may not want to find in their food products. This move to address the ferrous bisglycinate and ferrous fumarateconcern directly means the ice cream brand could come out relatively unscathed despite what otherwise could be seen as a damning report.###Despite Ben & Jerry’s face-saving response, the brand may not have been tarnished by the test result anyway. Earlier this month, a lawsuit filed against General Mills’ Nature Valley granola brand over glyphosate was dismissed. The class-action case, which argued that the granola product’s claim to be “Made with 100% Natural Oats” was misleading because trace amountferrous gluconate london drugss of the chemical were found in products, was tossed because a judge ruled the claim was “simply not plausible.”
Residue of glyphosate found in Ben & Jerry's ice cream
