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"   In a world where cuts of steaks can be traced back to the farm where they came from and we personally know the farmers who grow our carrots, it&amp;#039;s not surprising that many people choose to buy &amp;quot;natural&amp;quot; foods. But what exactly does that mean? Recent lawsuits against companies that are touting their foods as &amp;quot;all natural&amp;quot; have posed the same question. More from Delish: Wholesome Grain Recipes The Wall Street Journal reports that multiple companies, including Kashi, Wesson cooking oils, and Arizona Iced Tea, are being charged with essentially committing fraud against shoppers for claiming that their products are &amp;quot;all natural&amp;quot; when in fact there is allegedly nothing natural about their products. Lawyers representing the companies immediately turned on the FDA, claiming that it has failed to sufficiently define &amp;quot;all natural.&amp;quot; More from Delish: Get the Facts About Organic Foods The FDA&amp;#039;s most recent definition of &amp;quot;all natural&amp;quot; is 20 years old. It is loosely defined as a product containing &amp;quot;nothing artificial or synthetic.&amp;quot; But, the WSJ notes, the distinction between &amp;quot;artificial&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;synthetic&amp;quot; is not clear. &amp;quot;The word hasn&amp;#039;t been defined well enough at all, so for years companies have been able to get away with basically defining it themselves,&amp;quot; Michele Simon, a food-policy expert, told the WSJ. When confronted with this issue, the FDA had little to say. &amp;quot;With the few precious dollars the FDA has, we largely choose to focus on topics that affect public safety,&amp;quot; an FDA spokeswoman told the WSJ. &amp;quot;The &amp;#039;natural&amp;#039; issue doesn&amp;#039;t. That&amp;#039;s not to say it&amp;#039;s not important, but we frankly have more pressing things to deal with.&amp;quot; Perhaps eventually the FDA will get around to defining &amp;quot;all natural,&amp;quot; but in the meantime, how would you define it? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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