Comments on: Food agencies at work (or not): FDA http://www.foodpolitics.com/2009/12/federal-agencies-at-work-or-not-fda/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:20:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: What’s Cooking Blog » Blog Archive » Grocery Store Exploration: Disappointing Ingredients http://www.foodpolitics.com/2009/12/federal-agencies-at-work-or-not-fda/comment-page-1/#comment-34450 What’s Cooking Blog » Blog Archive » Grocery Store Exploration: Disappointing Ingredients Fri, 01 Jan 2010 15:02:37 +0000 http://www.foodpolitics.com/?p=1733#comment-34450 [...]  These sure do look fun.  They even have the Smart Choices checkmark on their packaging, so they must be [...] [...]  These sure do look fun.  They even have the Smart Choices checkmark on their packaging, so they must be [...]

]]> By: Susan Huff http://www.foodpolitics.com/2009/12/federal-agencies-at-work-or-not-fda/comment-page-1/#comment-34005 Susan Huff Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:58:39 +0000 http://www.foodpolitics.com/?p=1733#comment-34005 Teach children how to read food lables, the game will only change, gready people have always been around and will sell anything you buy, most parents fail to remmember - it is not about making them HAPPY, it is about making them educated and HEALTHY! That is your gig, companies do their gig - SELLING well, If they learn to read labels, you have done the world a favor! Teach children how to read food lables, the game will only change, gready people have always been around and will sell anything you buy, most parents fail to remmember – it is not about making them HAPPY, it is about making them educated and HEALTHY! That is your gig, companies do their gig – SELLING well, If they learn to read labels, you have done the world a favor!

]]> By: Celebrity Paycut - Encouraging celebrities all over the world to save us from global warming by taking a paycut. http://www.foodpolitics.com/2009/12/federal-agencies-at-work-or-not-fda/comment-page-1/#comment-34004 Celebrity Paycut - Encouraging celebrities all over the world to save us from global warming by taking a paycut. Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:55:24 +0000 http://www.foodpolitics.com/?p=1733#comment-34004 [...] “Smart Choices” label, the FDA has decided to pick up the pace of change. Marion Nestle dug up a set of proposed new front-of-package nutrition labels that the FDA is studying, one of which may [...] [...] “Smart Choices” label, the FDA has decided to pick up the pace of change. Marion Nestle dug up a set of proposed new front-of-package nutrition labels that the FDA is studying, one of which may [...]

]]> By: holz http://www.foodpolitics.com/2009/12/federal-agencies-at-work-or-not-fda/comment-page-1/#comment-33977 holz Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:16:04 +0000 http://www.foodpolitics.com/?p=1733#comment-33977 so... can we have anyone who's read some edward tufte PLEASE work on these labels? it would surely go a long way... so… can we have anyone who’s read some edward tufte PLEASE work on these labels?

it would surely go a long way…

]]> By: Greenhoof » Blog Archive » FDA moves to reform nutrition labels http://www.foodpolitics.com/2009/12/federal-agencies-at-work-or-not-fda/comment-page-1/#comment-33970 Greenhoof » Blog Archive » FDA moves to reform nutrition labels Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:31:03 +0000 http://www.foodpolitics.com/?p=1733#comment-33970 [...] “Smart Choices” label, the FDA has decided to pick up the pace of change. Marion Nestle dug up a set of proposed new front of package nutrition labels that the FDA is studying and one of which [...] [...] “Smart Choices” label, the FDA has decided to pick up the pace of change. Marion Nestle dug up a set of proposed new front of package nutrition labels that the FDA is studying and one of which [...]

]]> By: Clicklist: Healthy eats, both packaged and fresh | green LA girl http://www.foodpolitics.com/2009/12/federal-agencies-at-work-or-not-fda/comment-page-1/#comment-33969 Clicklist: Healthy eats, both packaged and fresh | green LA girl Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:27:26 +0000 http://www.foodpolitics.com/?p=1733#comment-33969 [...] via foodpolitics.com Share green LA [...] [...] via foodpolitics.com Share green LA [...]

]]> By: uberVU - social comments http://www.foodpolitics.com/2009/12/federal-agencies-at-work-or-not-fda/comment-page-1/#comment-33944 uberVU - social comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:06:51 +0000 http://www.foodpolitics.com/?p=1733#comment-33944 <strong>Social comments and analytics for this post...</strong> This post was mentioned on Twitter by Andrea Wilson: RT @marionnestle: Federal agencies at work (or not): FDA: Front-of-Package Labels: The FDA is hard at work trying... http://cli.gs/R0yhd... Social comments and analytics for this post…

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]]> By: Analiese Paik http://www.foodpolitics.com/2009/12/federal-agencies-at-work-or-not-fda/comment-page-1/#comment-33811 Analiese Paik Sun, 06 Dec 2009 02:55:49 +0000 http://www.foodpolitics.com/?p=1733#comment-33811 I would love to see GMO labeling included on your suggested label. So many other countries label their products GMO free, but we don't in the US. The Non-GMO project and their independent labeling program were created to fix this lack of transparency to the consumer. We want to know what's in our food! Interesting that the Smart Choices labeling program was announced around the same time as the NON-GMO program. I figured the Smart Choices program would be shut down first for obvious reasons and am pleased to see that it was. Consumers are smarter than ever about food and are raising the bar on quality and disclosure of product ingredients, etc. Seems our worries about what's in our food grow weekly. Will beef labels tell the consumer whether their cow was vaccinated for e-coli? At least if you know how to read the back of the box, you can figure out fat, sugar, calories, fiber, etc.per serving, but there's no transparency on some bigger issues that have been brought to light by Michael Pollan's books and documentary films like FRESH and Food, Inc. I would love to see GMO labeling included on your suggested label. So many other countries label their products GMO free, but we don’t in the US. The Non-GMO project and their independent labeling program were created to fix this lack of transparency to the consumer. We want to know what’s in our food!

Interesting that the Smart Choices labeling program was announced around the same time as the NON-GMO program. I figured the Smart Choices program would be shut down first for obvious reasons and am pleased to see that it was. Consumers are smarter than ever about food and are raising the bar on quality and disclosure of product ingredients, etc.

Seems our worries about what’s in our food grow weekly. Will beef labels tell the consumer whether their cow was vaccinated for e-coli? At least if you know how to read the back of the box, you can figure out fat, sugar, calories, fiber, etc.per serving, but there’s no transparency on some bigger issues that have been brought to light by Michael Pollan’s books and documentary films like FRESH and Food, Inc.

]]> By: Helen http://www.foodpolitics.com/2009/12/federal-agencies-at-work-or-not-fda/comment-page-1/#comment-33801 Helen Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:38:50 +0000 http://www.foodpolitics.com/?p=1733#comment-33801 The red, yellow and green for high, low and medium does raise an interesting issue. For example, I would put high sugar as red. I know from many authorities, from the federal government to the doctors who designed the DART diet, that added sugars can make me less healthy. But even though sugar is known to add empty calories to foods, and lower the immune function (I was told this by a naturopath twenty years ago.), big food industry fights like the dickens to impress on us that added sugar in foods is a healthy source of energy. Also, we are to believe that sugar doesn't make kids act hyper. Considering that the study used to prove this compared the effects of foods sweetened with sugar to that of foods sweetened with aspartame, there was really no control group. This was just one factor causing me to mistrust statements from the food industry. So, yes, who decides the red light/green light food levels? And why does none of this seem related to the current food pyramid? Really, this has nothing to do with morality at all, but rather good and bad science. Food that is known to fuel the body and keep it healthy is a matter of biochemistry and physiology, not morality. We're right back to the Bush administration's "My scientist can beat your scientist." The red, yellow and green for high, low and medium does raise an interesting issue. For example, I would put high sugar as red. I know from many authorities, from the federal government to the doctors who designed the DART diet, that added sugars can make me less healthy.
But even though sugar is known to add empty calories to foods, and lower the immune function (I was told this by a naturopath twenty years ago.), big food industry fights like the dickens to impress on us that added sugar in foods is a healthy source of energy. Also, we are to believe that sugar doesn’t make kids act hyper. Considering that the study used to prove this compared the effects of foods sweetened with sugar to that of foods sweetened with aspartame, there was really no control group. This was just one factor causing me to mistrust statements from the food industry.
So, yes, who decides the red light/green light food levels? And why does none of this seem related to the current food pyramid? Really, this has nothing to do with morality at all, but rather good and bad science. Food that is known to fuel the body and keep it healthy is a matter of biochemistry and physiology, not morality. We’re right back to the Bush administration’s “My scientist can beat your scientist.”

]]> By: Helen http://www.foodpolitics.com/2009/12/federal-agencies-at-work-or-not-fda/comment-page-1/#comment-33800 Helen Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:38:06 +0000 http://www.foodpolitics.com/?p=1733#comment-33800 The red, yellow and green for high, low and medium does raise an interesting issue. For example, I would put high sugar as red. I know from many authorities, from the federal government to the doctors who designed the DART diet, that added sugars can make me less healthy. But even though sugar is known to add empty calories to foods, and lower the immune function (I was told this by a naturopath twenty years ago.), big food industry fights like the dickens to impress on us that added sugar in foods is a healthy source of energy. Also, we are to believe that sugar doesn't make kids act hyper. Considering that the study used to prove this compared the effects of foods sweetened with sugar to that of foods sweetened with aspartame, there was really no control group. This was just one factor causing me to mistrust statements from the food industry. So, yes, who decides the red light/green light food levels? And why does none of this seem related to the current food pyramid? Really, this has nothing to do with morality at all, but rather good and bad science. Food that is known to fuel the body and keep it healthy is a matter of biochemistry and physiology, not morality. The red, yellow and green for high, low and medium does raise an interesting issue. For example, I would put high sugar as red. I know from many authorities, from the federal government to the doctors who designed the DART diet, that added sugars can make me less healthy.
But even though sugar is known to add empty calories to foods, and lower the immune function (I was told this by a naturopath twenty years ago.), big food industry fights like the dickens to impress on us that added sugar in foods is a healthy source of energy. Also, we are to believe that sugar doesn’t make kids act hyper. Considering that the study used to prove this compared the effects of foods sweetened with sugar to that of foods sweetened with aspartame, there was really no control group. This was just one factor causing me to mistrust statements from the food industry.
So, yes, who decides the red light/green light food levels? And why does none of this seem related to the current food pyramid? Really, this has nothing to do with morality at all, but rather good and bad science. Food that is known to fuel the body and keep it healthy is a matter of biochemistry and physiology, not morality.

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