A New Year’s Resolution for the Food Industry – Honest Nutrition Labeling

Just as the year is ending, the tireless consumer advocacy group CSPI (Center for Science in the Public Interest) has sent a 158 page report to the FDA, entitled Food Labeling Chaos – the case for reform [ download PDF ]. In it, the organization claims that nutrition labeling today is insufficient, and that existing regulations are too lax to deal with the marketing brainpower of the food industry. If you have a nutrition label addiction like we do, this report is awesome. The authors break the issues down into 3 areas: Improving the Nutrition Facts Panel Improving ingredient labels Stopping false and misleading health-related claims They …
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TheHerbsPlace (The Herbs Place) : Call For Ban on Artificial Food Dyes: The group, the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), notes that ... http://bit.ly/baf77G.. Updated : 2010-07-31T06:14:55Z | Reply | View Tweet |
| falcon_er (Lucas Falconer) : "They added vitamins to crap," says Stephen Gardner, chief litigator, CSPI. He's suing Coca Cola for calling vitamin water vitamin water:).. Updated : 2010-07-31T00:07:17Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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AlforNutrition (al gayle) : CSPI Urges Congress to Address Child Nutrition Before August Recess: Renewal of the Child Nutrition programs has b... http://bit.ly/bEstU2.. Updated : 2010-07-30T08:37:19Z | Reply | View Tweet |
| WendyG4 (Wendy Griggs) : Lawsuit Over Deceptive Vitaminwater Claims to Proceed ~ Newsroom ~ News from CSPI ~ Center for Science in the Publ... http://bit.ly/95o5Wf.. Updated : 2010-07-30T00:48:50Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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Worst Chain Restaurant Meals Top Fatty List
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Salt Restrictions by Bloomberg: A Matter of Bad Taste
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Buttered Up: Disturbing New Facts About Movie Popcorn
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Xtreme Eating Awards 2009: Worst Chain Restaurant Foods
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CSPI: Restaurants should use less salt
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