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Food Companies Make More Health Claims; FDA Pushes Back
added on 25 Oct 2009
“Smart Choices,” a food industry labeling program that launched this summer and was backed by a bunch of food-business heavyweights will “voluntarily postpone active operations,” according to a statement released this afternoon. It’s a response to the FDA’s plan, announced earlier this week, to d...
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Food Companies Make More Health Claims; FDA Pushes Back
posted to WSJ.com: Health Blog on 23 Oct 2009
“Smart Choices,” a food industry labeling program that launched this summer and was backed by a bunch of food-business heavyweights will “voluntarily postpone active operations,” according to a statement released this afternoon. It’s a response to the FDA’s plan, announced earlier this week, to d...
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FDA Gets Tough With Misleading Food Labels
posted to Getting Better with Doctor Val on 25 Oct 2009
The next time you head down the food aisle, check out the front food labels. The front of food labels or front-of-packages (FOP) are misleading and often confusing, leading the consumer to believe that the food they are about to buy is healthy, when in fact it is not. In a recent post, Healthy Ea...
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