Food lobby boosts GOP candidates in hopes of securing pro-industry ingredient labeling reform

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A food industry advocacy group is airing advertisements praising GOP candidates in three key battleground states in the hopes of advancing business-friendly federal ingredient labeling rules as a response to the Make America Healthy Again movement’s push for stricter food safety standards.

Americans for Ingredient Transparency released new television and internet ads on Thursday in Kansas, Ohio, and Maine complimentary of the Republican candidates on the ballot, with the goal of swaying federal food labeling reforms on the horizon to be more industry-friendly.

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