Comments on: Cheers to FDA: health claim warnings!

By: Audio Switch :

Audio Switch : — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 10:57:14 +0000

we use a national panasonic food processor and this seems to be a bang for the buck*`:

By: And the FDA Issued Warning Letters, and There Was Much Rejoicing! « Food In America

Wed, 07 Apr 2010 17:29:13 +0000

[...] reporting from CSPI and Marion Nestle’s blog; the FDA’s press release; and articles from the Washington Post and the New York Times. No [...]

By: The front-of-package labelling debate: A contrarian perspective based on Gresham-Akerlof’s Law | Canadian Agri Food

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:24:24 +0000

[...] Update: The FDA recently took action on this issue. It looks as though they’re limiting health claims and slapping wrists. See this Food Politics post for the details. [...]

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Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:31:21 +0000

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By: jon w

jon w — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:39:23 +0000

what a crock. CSPI are the same ones that squealed to replace saturated fats with trans fats a couple decades back. how many people died from that? still waiting for an apology. FDA is bought and paid for by lobbyists.

By: Elisabeth

Elisabeth — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:20:30 +0000

I quit caring what the FDA does a long time ago. I watch them like an enemy. I can’t cheer on an organization that has a long unsavory history of corruption. Frankly, my family doesn’t need them to regulate labeling- we aren’t taken in by advertising.

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Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:01:47 +0000

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By: Pete

Pete — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:44:37 +0000

I agree with ET Addison. The label should just list facts. Thats it. No greater credence given to any one nutirent. Just tell me what’s in it and I’ll decide if it’s healthy. This is FDA action is a good start because the average person is easily influenced by good marketing. I still tend to crave kicking back with a budweiser when I’m stressed, even though I don’t drink! But the constant bombardement by marketers over my lifetime of images portraying “Bud = relaxing fun” creeps into my mind. You would be amazed at how may people I see picking Nature Valley granola bars in the vending machine in my office becuase they consider it a healthy choice. My brother -in-law constantly gives us “made with whole grain” labeled foods for our son becuase he knows we are “into” organics and thinks that’s the same thing. You can’t punish or expolit peoples ignorance and call it business.

By: fuzzy

fuzzy — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:09:14 +0000

Why aren’t we hearing anything here about Monsanto and the Alfalfa?

By: Joseph

Joseph — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:23:38 +0000

I wonder what the FDA is actually accomplishing with this initiative and others like it. To me it seems that they always end up helping the giant companies with terrible business practices (e.g. Monsanto) and hurting the few small farmers who are left to remind us what integrity in the food business really is. I find the FDA out of touch with the reality that I would like to support as someone with an interest in keeping healthy food available to average Americans.