Comments on: New food rating label: a step forward? http://www.foodpolitics.com/2008/10/new-food-rating-label-a-step-forward/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:20:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Marion http://www.foodpolitics.com/2008/10/new-food-rating-label-a-step-forward/comment-page-1/#comment-11616 Marion Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:28:18 +0000 http://www.foodpolitics.com/2008/10/28/new-food-rating-label-a-step-forward/#comment-11616 No kidding? I'd like to see that RFP. Thanks for writing. No kidding? I’d like to see that RFP. Thanks for writing.

]]> By: Rick Tannenbaum http://www.foodpolitics.com/2008/10/new-food-rating-label-a-step-forward/comment-page-1/#comment-11615 Rick Tannenbaum Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:12:37 +0000 http://www.foodpolitics.com/2008/10/28/new-food-rating-label-a-step-forward/#comment-11615 Smart Choice suffers from an inherent funding stream conflict of interest and can never have integrity. It is voluntary and fully funded by industry. Even the RFP from Keystone (where it seeks an administrator foir the program) repeatedly states that the administrator should limit the costs and burdens on food manufacturers. As soon as the burdens are too high, manufacturers will defund and move onto an icon system that is less onerous. There are already 25 icons on US grocery shelves touting simllar standards. Short of an FDA mandate for all foods to be compared on nutritional quality, this is all just PR fluff. Rick Tannenbaum http://www.foodrecalls.blogspot.com Smart Choice suffers from an inherent funding stream conflict of interest and can never have integrity. It is voluntary and fully funded by industry. Even the RFP from Keystone (where it seeks an administrator foir the program) repeatedly states that the administrator should limit the costs and burdens on food manufacturers. As soon as the burdens are too high, manufacturers will defund and move onto an icon system that is less onerous.

There are already 25 icons on US grocery shelves touting simllar standards. Short of an FDA mandate for all foods to be compared on nutritional quality, this is all just PR fluff.

Rick Tannenbaum
http://www.foodrecalls.blogspot.com

]]> By: What to Eat » Eating Liberally: What’s up with salt? http://www.foodpolitics.com/2008/10/new-food-rating-label-a-step-forward/comment-page-1/#comment-11614 What to Eat » Eating Liberally: What’s up with salt? Sun, 02 Nov 2008 17:21:11 +0000 http://www.foodpolitics.com/2008/10/28/new-food-rating-label-a-step-forward/#comment-11614 [...] kidney stones in children and the food industry’s new Smart Choices labeling system which, as I pointed out a few days ago, is particularly generous in the salt standard. « Dietary Guidelines: the process [...] [...] kidney stones in children and the food industry’s new Smart Choices labeling system which, as I pointed out a few days ago, is particularly generous in the salt standard. « Dietary Guidelines: the process [...]

]]> By: Hemi W http://www.foodpolitics.com/2008/10/new-food-rating-label-a-step-forward/comment-page-1/#comment-11613 Hemi W Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:06:38 +0000 http://www.foodpolitics.com/2008/10/28/new-food-rating-label-a-step-forward/#comment-11613 If anybody is interested, I've posted separate reviews of Smart Choices and NuVal , as well as a brief history of food labeling in the US since the 1860's. check out www.fooducate.com/blog If anybody is interested, I’ve posted separate reviews of Smart Choices and NuVal , as well as a brief history of food labeling in the US since the 1860′s.
check out http://www.fooducate.com/blog

]]> By: Shari L. http://www.foodpolitics.com/2008/10/new-food-rating-label-a-step-forward/comment-page-1/#comment-11612 Shari L. Thu, 30 Oct 2008 01:25:00 +0000 http://www.foodpolitics.com/2008/10/28/new-food-rating-label-a-step-forward/#comment-11612 Dr. Nestle: How reliable is the label, "Certified Humane?" Many thanks. Dr. Nestle:

How reliable is the label, “Certified Humane?”

Many thanks.

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