On October 21, 2009
FDA to Food Industry: Shape Up on Nutrition Labels or Face the Consequences
The Food and Drug Administration has put its foot down: the food industry must come up with a reasonable, standardized front-of-label system or risk having one imposed upon it by the government. “If voluntary action … does not result in a common, credible approach to front-of-package and shelf labelling, we will consider using our regulatory tools toward that end,” the agency wrote in a letter. Note the use of the word “credible.” ConAgra, General Mills, the Coca-Cola Company and a bunch of others recently launched the Smart Choices program, which was supposed to be the food industry’s solution to nutrition labeling. Unfortunately for these companies, Smart Choices lost credibility after the media picked up on the fact that the program…
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