Profeco, the consumer-protection agency of the Mexican government, ran an analysis of 36 certified mezcal brands. They flagged a bunch of them for various violations, including the claim that Mezcal Gusano Rojo doesn’t even qualify as mezcal. What?! We drag out the dead horse that is the mezcal denomination of...

[audio mp3="https://heritageradionetwork.org/sites/default/files/wp-uploads/2015/11/Advocacy-Food-Policy-Making-Food-Labels-More-Honest.mp3"][/audio] You’re shopping the aisles of the grocery store. You pick up an item and look at the label. Can you trust what you’re reading? Sometimes not. Although the FDA regulates the information on food packaging, too often, consumers are mislead. On this episode of Eating Matters, Stephen Gardner...