FDA starting to hold big companies accountable
The FDA has issued a warning letter to food companies about the importance of accurate nutrition labeling and reprimanded their false or misleading claims.
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False Food Labeling
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has sent a report to the FDA charging several food and beverage manufacturers with mislabeling their products. CSPI also recommends reforming package labeling format, especially the nutrition information and ingredient lists. CSPI Charges Brands With Mislabeling In FDA Report Karlene Lukovitz The Center for Science in [...]
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Deception by Food-Industrial-Complex
Enough with such manipulation by the food-industrial-complex! First Coca-Cola asserts that Coke is all natural! Then the Corn Refiners assert that High Fructose Corn Syrup is all natural, without regard to evidence, or to the damage that this causes to our bodies. And most recently 10 of the largest food companies create a self-serving industry-designed [...]
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All Natural?
Interesting court case about Snapple’s “all natural” claim – false labeling? 3rd Circuit Reinstates Consumer Fraud Class Action Against ‘All Natural’ Snapple Alison Frankel 08-14-2009 In a 30-page ruling on Wednesday, a three-judge panel of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals revived a New Jersey statewide class action against Snapple (pdf), finding that federal [...]
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Coke Kills
As warned in this earlier post, companies like Coke, Cadbury and Kraft have so abused the term "natural" that they are gradually destroying its meaning. It is really upsetting that they dupe consumers with products containing High Fructose Corn Syrup and other ingredients that are harmful and cause diabetes and obesity. It is even more [...]
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Grocery Headquarters Spotlights Socially Responsible Food Companies
Suzanne Vita Palazzo of Grocery Headquarters wrote an article surveying some of the leading food companies with a social mission and mentioned KIND and PeaceWorks as a pioneer "revolutionizing the business model for an ethical brand." September 2008 Selling Wellness > For the greater good By Suzanne Vita Palazzo Brands that align themselves with social [...]
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