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 "Require chain restaurants to provide information about calorie content on menus or menu boards and nutrition labeling on wrappers.
?Require that containers for soft drinks and snacks sold in movie theaters, convenience stores, and other venues bear information about calories, fat, or sugar content.
?Require nutrition labeling on fresh meat and poultry products.
?Restrict advertising of high-calorie, low-nutrient foods on television shows commonly watched by children or require broadcasters to provide equal time for messages promoting healthy eating and physical activity.
?"- Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.) "This speaks to the need for consumer education and nutrition labeling of these products. 4. Changing Portion Sizes It has been suggested that food portion sizes in food service establishments have become larger and thereby have increased energy intake, which may lead to obesity. However, empirical data to support this association have only just begun to emerge. It is noticeable that many restaurants, especially fast-food restaurants, in recent years have been offering large and extra-large portion sizes of products and meals at low cost." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.) |
 "Congress enacted the nutrition labeling and Education Act of 1990 (NLEA).
FDA's blanket prior restraint has suppressed an enormous volume of health information that could aid consumers in choosing which food and food elements to ingest to maximize their health by reducing disease risk and by retarding the progress of, mitigating, or curing disease.
The Food Drug and Cosmetic Act defines a drug based on its intended use, not its physiological effect on the body. Thus, under 21 U.S.C. ?"- Jonathan W. Emord, The Rise of Tyranny (Get the book.) |
| "Require nutrition labeling on fresh meat and poultry products.
?Restrict advertising of high-calorie, low-nutrient foods on television shows commonly watched by children or require broadcasters to provide equal time for messages promoting healthy eating and physical activity.
?Require print advertisements to disclose the caloric content of the foods being marketed.
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?Protect school food programs by eliminating the sale of soft drinks, candy bars, and foods high in calories, fat, or sugar in school buildings.
?" - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.) "The nutrition labeling and Education Act (NLEA) of 1990 requires a Nutrition Facts panel on most packaged food products [15]. Consumers can use this information to monitor their consumption of energy, fat, saturated fat, sugar, and sodium, as recommended in the body weight, fat, sugar, and sodium guidelines. Persons who wish to increase their intakes—for example, of vitamins, minerals, and dietary fiber—also will find the Nutrition Facts useful. For example, tofu may be a good source of calcium if it is precipitated with a calcium salt, but some tofu products have little calcium." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.) |
| "In response to overwhelming public demands for an end to zealous FDA efforts to remove dietary supplements from the market and to end censorship of nutrient-disease claims, in 1990 President Bush signed into law the nutrition labeling and Education Act. In particular, that Act included 21 U.S.C. ?343 (r)(3)(B)(i) concerning health claims (nutrient-disease relationship claims) for foods and 21 U.S.C. ?(r)(5)(D) concerning health claims for dietary supplements." - Jonathan W. Emord, The Rise of Tyranny (Get the book.) "From at least as early as the creation of the federal Food and Drug Administration on June 25, 1938 until enactment of the nutrition labeling and Education Act on November 8, 1990, the FDA has, with rare exceptions, prohibited every food and dietary supplement company from including on their product labels and in their product labeling any statement associating their products with the prevention or treatment of disease. Since 1990, it has continued to favor overwhelmingly the suppression of nutrition science over the disclosure of that science." - Jonathan W. Emord, The Rise of Tyranny (Get the book.) |
 "The provisions of the nutrition labeling and Education Act and the Dietary Supplement Act of 1992 required a change in food product labeling to use a new reference term, Daily Value (DV), which began to appear on FDA-regulated product labels in 1994. DVs are made up of two sets of references: Daily Reference Values (DRVs) and Reference Daily Intakes (RDIs).
DRVs are a set of dietary references that apply to fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, carbohydrate, protein, fiber, sodium, and potassium."- Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements (Get the book.) |
 "Myth: The cost of nutrition labeling would drive chain restaurants out of business.
Reality: Half of the largest chain restaurants already provide nutrition information on their Web sites and would not incur any new costs for analyzing their products. The cost to have a product analyzed is about $230 per menu item. A restaurant chain with eighty menu items would incur a one-time cost of approximately $18,000 to have all its menu items tested— which would amount to less than ten dollars for each Denny's outlet. The cost of redesigning menus and menu boards would be modest."- Michele Simon, Appetite for Profit: How the Food Industry Undermines Our Health and How to Fight Back (Get the book.) "Myth: People already have access to nutrition labeling at restaurants. Reality: The approximately one-half of restaurants that do provide nutrition information usually do so on Web sites, which have to be accessed before leaving for the restaurant, or on hard-to-find and difficult-to-read posters or brochures in their stores. Placing the nutrition information on the menu or menu board would be right at the point of decision making, and thus more convenient and easier to use." - Michele Simon, Appetite for Profit: How the Food Industry Undermines Our Health and How to Fight Back (Get the book.) "Eating in the Dark: nutrition labeling in Restaurants Rather than focusing on labeling, we need to focus on education.1 —National Restaurant Association When New York State Assembly member Felix Ortiz proposed that fast-food chains provide basic nutrition information, he became a laughingstock among his own colleagues. The Brooklyn Democrat thought the idea was com-monsense—just like the Statewide Child Obesity Education Program law that he steered through Albany, which ensures that nutritionally based education programs are a part of every classroom in New York State." - Michele Simon, Appetite for Profit: How the Food Industry Undermines Our Health and How to Fight Back (Get the book.) "However, as we've seen, the same industry that touts "consumer education" as a solution to obesity has also blocked every effort to require nutrition labeling in chain restaurants. This "failure to disclose" (in legal jargon) is a critical component of the New York lawsuit brought against McDonald's. For example, lawyers argued that McDonald's railed to advise customers of risks that were not common knowledge and failed to warn that eating fattening foods can cause addictive effects similar to nicotine—two serious charges." - Michele Simon, Appetite for Profit: How the Food Industry Undermines Our Health and How to Fight Back (Get the book.) |
 "Did the nutrition labeling and Education Act Affect Food Choices in the United States?" Selected conference paper. The American Consumer and the Changing Structure of the Pood System. Economic Research Service, USDA, May 4-5, 2000, Arlington, VA.
Finke, Michael S., and D. Weaver. "The Relationship Between the Use of Sugar Content Information on Nutrition Labels and the Consumption of Added Sugars." Food Policy 28, no. 3 (2003): 213-19(7).
Fischer, Howard. "Smucker's Mislabels Its Spread, Suit Claims." Arizona Daily Star, July 24, 2004. http://www.dailystar.com/dailystar/relatedarticles/31286."- Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., Sugar Shock!: How Sweets and Simple Carbs Can Derail Your Life-- and How YouCan Get Back on Track (Get the book.) "Status of nutrition labeling, Health Claims, and Nutrient Content Claims for Processed Foods: 1997 Food Label and Package Survey." Journal of American Dietetic Association 100 (2000): 1057-62. Browne, Mona Boyd. Label Facts for Healthful Eating. Dayton, OH: The Mazer Corporation, 1993. Burger King website, www.burgerking.com. Challem, Jack. "Fructose: Maybe Not So Natural . . . and Not So Safe." Nutrition Reporter. http://www.thenutritionreporter.com/fructose_dangers.html. Center for Science in the Public Interest. " - Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., Sugar Shock!: How Sweets and Simple Carbs Can Derail Your Life-- and How YouCan Get Back on Track (Get the book.) |
 "According to the summary of the report itself,13 the recommended levels of nutrient consumption that are set by this panel are the basis for nutrition labeling of foods, for the Food Guide Pyramid and for other nutrition education programs ..."- T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D. and Thomas M. Campbell II, The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-term Health (Get the book.) |
| "The nutrition labeling and Education Act requires mandatory nutrition labeling.
1994: The National Fluid Milk Processor
TABLE 17.1
Milk Production by Selected Countries (millions of tons)
2002
2003
2004
World
593.6
600.1
611.5
15 European U nations nion 126.7
126.8
125.5
India
84.6
87.0
91.3
United States
77.1
77.2
77.5
Russian Federation 33.5
33.3
31.9
Pakistan
27.7
28.4
29.1
Brazil
22.8
23.5
24.4
China
14.0
17.5
21.0
New Zealand
13.9
14.4
15.0
Ukraine
14.1
13.6
13.6
Poland
11.8
11.9
11.9
Mexico
9.6
9.9
10.0
Australia
1 1.3
10.3
10." - Michael Murray, N.D. and Joseph Pizzorno, N.D., The Encyclopedia of Healing Foods (Get the book.) |
 "To follow the story of the omega-3 health claim, we must go back to 1090, when Congress passed the nutrition labeling and Education Act.
This act required food companies to put Nutrition Facts labels on their products, something long opposed by the food industry. In 1990, to obtain industry support for requiring Nutrition Facts labels on food products, Congress granted a huge concession. For the first time, it allowed food companies to put claims about the health benefits of certain nutrients in their products on the package labels."- Marion Nestle, What to Eat (Get the book.) "Prior to 1990, the FDA did not allow claims about disease prevention on food packages. The nutrition labeling and Education Act of 1990, the law that gave us Nutrition Facts labels, forced the FDA to authorize health claims on food package labels. Before that act, the FDA viewed claims for the health benefits of foods as equivalent to claims for the health benefits of pharmaceutical drugs." - Marion Nestle, What to Eat (Get the book.) "Congress was supposed to be fixing this situation when it passed the nutrition labeling and Education Act of 1990. This act directed the FDA to do something challenging, if not impossible —design a label that would do a great many things at once." - Marion Nestle, What to Eat (Get the book.) |
| "The nutrition labeling and Education Act requires mandatory nutrition labeling.
1994: The National Fluid Milk Processor
TABLE 17.1
Milk Production by Selected Countries (millions of tons)
2002
2003
2004
World
593.6
600.1
611.5
15 European U nations nion 126.7
126.8
125.5
India
84.6
87.0
91.3
United States
77.1
77.2
77.5
Russian Federation 33.5
33.3
31.9
Pakistan
27.7
28.4
29.1
Brazil
22.8
23.5
24.4
China
14.0
17.5
21.0
New Zealand
13.9
14.4
15.0
Ukraine
14.1
13.6
13.6
Poland
11.8
11.9
11.9
Mexico
9.6
9.9
10.0
Australia
1 1.3
10.3
10." - Michael Murray, N.D. and Joseph Pizzorno, N.D., The Encyclopedia of Healing Foods (Get the book.) |
 "See Chapters 2 and 3)
FDA Proposes New Rules for Trans Fatty Acids in nutrition labeling, Nutrient Content Claims, and Health
Claims
"The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed today to amend its regulations on nutrition labeling to require that the amount of trans fatty acids in a food be included in the Nutrition Facts panel. Included in this proposal is a new nutrient content claim defining "trans fat free" and a limit on trans fatty acids wherever there are limits on saturated fat in nutrient content claims or health claims."- Mary G. Enig, Know Your Fats : The Complete Primer for Understanding the Nutrition of Fats, Oils and Cholesterol (Get the book.) |
 "But they're still carbs. nutrition labeling regulations don't require manufacturers to put the number of grams of sugar alcohols per serving unless they are making a claim related to sugar content, in which case it's mandatory. Since most of the low-carb bars don't claim to be sugar-free, they can get around this mandatory clause. Even Atkins does not count the glycerin (glycerol) that sweetens his Atkins Nutritional Bars as part of the carb gram count. The problem is that like all sugar alcohols, glycerin is a carbohydrate."- Jonny Bowden, M.A., C.N.S., Living the Low Carb Life: Controlled Carbohydrate Eating for Long-Term Weight Loss (Get the book.) "The FDA's Office of Food Labeling states: "FDA nutrition labeling regulations require that when glycerin is used as a food ingredient, it must be included in the grams of total carbohydrate per serving declaration." So although sugar alcohols do behave differently in the body than sugar, you should still be aware of their presence. The other concern about low-carb bars is calories. Just because they are low in carbs doesn't mean they're low in calories, so factor that in." - Jonny Bowden, M.A., C.N.S., Living the Low Carb Life: Controlled Carbohydrate Eating for Long-Term Weight Loss (Get the book.) |
 "No Nutrition Information
Some foods are exempt from nutrition labeling. Due to space limitations, small packages, such as a candy bar, do not have to provide nutrition information on the label. However, the address or telephone number must be provided for shoppers who wish to obtain this material. It is important for consumers to realize that products produced and sold in the same state or that do not have ingredients that move interstate are not subject to FDA regulations.
Other foods that do not have to provide nutrition labeling include:
• Food produced by small businesses."- Ruth Winter, Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives: A Consumer's Dictionary of Cosmetic Ingredients Vitamin E (Get the book.) |
| "See Chapters 2 and 3)
FDA Proposes New Rules for Trans Fatty Acids in nutrition labeling, Nutrient Content Claims, and Health
Claims
"The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed today to amend its regulations on nutrition labeling to require that the amount of trans fatty acids in a food be included in the Nutrition Facts panel. Included in this proposal is a new nutrient content claim defining "trans fat free" and a limit on trans fatty acids wherever there are limits on saturated fat in nutrient content claims or health claims." - Mary G. Enig, Know Your Fats : The Complete Primer for Understanding the Nutrition of Fats, Oils and Cholesterol (Get the book.) |
| "New labeling law to the rescue
Under a new federal law, the nutrition labeling and Education Act of 1990, the FDA is going to be overhauling food labeling requirements to give us more accurate, useful information on the nutrition value of our food. For one thing, detailed nutrition labeling will be required on most packaged foods (right now it's required only if a product makes nutritional claims or if it has been fortified)." - Michael F. Jacobson, Ph.D., Lisa Y. Lefferts and Anne Witte Garland, Safe Food: Eating Wisely in a Risky World (Get the book.) "New labeling law to the rescue Under a new federal law, the nutrition labeling and Education Act of 1990, the FDA is going to be overhauling food labeling requirements to give us more accurate, useful information on the nutrition value of our food. For one thing, detailed nutrition labeling will be required on most packaged foods (right now it's required only if a product makes nutritional claims or if it has been fortified)." - Michael F. Jacobson, Ph.D., Lisa Y. Lefferts and Anne Witte Garland, Safe Food: Eating Wisely In A Risky World (Get the book.) |
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