Comments on: Smart Choices suspended! May it rest in peace.

By: Janet Guss (Darwich)

Janet Guss (Darwich) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:40:38 +0000

Hello Marion-

WHAT-A-COUP!! And to think, you could have been on their “advisory board”!

Today …Smart Choices; Tomorrow… NABISCO (and those AD agencies who do their bidding)!

Hope all’s well on the Best Coast… from rainy Portland’s Left Coast,
-Janet Guss

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By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:12:52 +0000

I just want to join in applauding Marion for bringing awareness to this issue concerning the Smart Choices program and encouraging dialogue about food labeling and health claims in a broad sense. The suspension of Smart Choices is a step in the right direction and I do not want to take away from this huge victory, but the battle is not over until we see what standardized criteria the FDA comes up with. The FDA is in a great position right now to make some much-needed changes to front-of-package labeling and create a system based on sound nutrition science and common sense that actually helps Americans make not only better, but also truly healthy, food choices. Let’s hope the FDA delivers!

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By: Anthro

Anthro — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:43:37 +0000

Yay! Thanks Marion, for keeping up with this and for not getting involved with this group’s shenanigans.

I would echo Jill’s concern. The way the FDA statement is worded, the door seems wide open for lots of compromising.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:14:54 +0000

Marion you are too modest not to take at least a modicum of credit for publicizing and exposing this entire scandalous labeling story in the first place! Nice work. Dan Casual Kitchen

By: Daniel K. Ithaca, NY

Daniel K. Ithaca, NY — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 05:06:23 +0000

Now if we can end the ridiculousness of the sugar-sweetened, highly processed, whole-grain-added commercials of “Honey” Nut Cheerios claiming that “You’ll Love Lowering Your Cholesterol”, we would be much better off. Lower your cholesterol by a fraction of a point, but raises your triglycerides.

Why are disease-related claims allowed on foods? We know that the companies that can afford to print the labels to display such malarkey are manufacturers who have “added value” (i.e. removed the fresh-wholesomeness from which this food-like-product came) to a highly processed food.
The kale and the blueberries sit silently in the market. When it comes to protecting your health, you better watch out (and include mostly) those quiet ones.