Personal Injury Law

FDA Cracks Down on Misleading Nutrition Labels

By Edward Bills

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration this week began cracking down on companies they claim offer exaggerated nutritional facts about their products and hide information about unhealthy contents. The FDA released 17 warning letters to various companies to make due on their promise to improve food information for customers. The warning letters bring into questions various claims, including those on products that read “zero trans fats” but are high in saturated fats. Many of the companies that received the letters have said they look forward to working with the FDA resolve the issues.

Full post as published by Bodily Injury Blog on March 05, 2010 (boomark / email).