Food Labeling Fda Needs To Reassess Its Approach To Protecting Consumers From False Or Misleading Claims

Author : Lisa Shames
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1437980015
Total Pages : 60 pages
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Download or read book Food Labeling: FDA Needs to Reassess Its Approach to Protecting Consumers from False or Misleading Claims written by Lisa Shames and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011-03 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FDA oversees federal requirements to prohibit false or misleading food labels; the FTC enforces the prohibition against false or misleading advertising. By statute, health claims on food labels must have significant scientific agreement, but in 2002, in response to a court decision, FDA decided to allow qualified health claims with less scientific support. Structure/function claims refer to a food's effect on body structure or function and are also used on food. This study of FDA's implementation of qualified health claims for food examined: (1) the results of FDA's efforts to allow the use of qualified health claims and oversight of these claims; and (2) consumers' understanding of the claims. Charts and tables. This is a print on demand publication.

Author : United States Government Accountability Office
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781983611001
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Food Labeling written by United States Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-01-26 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Food Labeling: FDA Needs to Reassess Its Approach to Protecting Consumers from False or Misleading Claims

Author : U.s. Government Accountability Office
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781974437450
Total Pages : 60 pages
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Download or read book Food Labeling written by U.s. Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-08-10 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) oversees federal requirements to prohibit false or misleading food labels; the Federal Trade Commission enforces the prohibition against false or misleading advertising. By statute, health claims on food labels must have significant scientific agreement, but in 2002, in response to a court decision, FDA decided to allow qualified health claims with less scientific support. Structure/function claims refer to a foods effect on body structure or function and are also used on food. Congress directed GAO to study FDAs implementation of qualified health claims for food. GAO examined (1) the results of FDAs efforts to allow the use of qualified health claims and oversight of these claims and (2) consumers understanding of the claims. GAO also examined FDAs oversight of structure/function claims. GAO reviewed FDA documents and consumer studies and interviewed stakeholders from health, medical, industry, and consumer groups.

Author : United States. Government Accountability Office
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 54 pages
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Download or read book Food labeling written by United States. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Joseph K. Scott
Publisher : Nova Science Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781619427594
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Food Labeling written by Joseph K. Scott and published by Nova Science Publishers. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consumers increasingly seek information on food labels to help them make healthy food choices, and they rely on federal agencies to ensure that such information is truthful. Food companies may use health- and/or nutrient-related claims on food labels to appeal to consumers, distinguish their products from their competitors', and otherwise increase their sales. However, when those claims are false or misleading, consumers' efforts to select healthy food may be undermined. This book provides an overview of FDA protocols to reassess its approach in detecting and protecting consumers from false or misleading claims on food labelling.

Author : Joseph K. Scott
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781619427648
Total Pages : 91 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Food Labeling written by Joseph K. Scott and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consumers increasingly seek information on food labels to help them make healthy food choices, and they rely on federal agencies to ensure that such information is truthful. Food companies may use health- and/or nutrient-related claims on food labels to appeal to consumers, distinguish their products from their competitors', and otherwise increase their sales. However, when those claims are false or misleading, consumers' efforts to select healthy food may be undermined. This book provides an overview of FDA protocols to reassess its approach in detecting and protecting consumers from false or misleading claims on food labelling.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book FDA's Continuing Failure to Regulate Health Claims for Foods written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: These hearings examine the federal government's failure to protect consumers from false and misleading health claims on food labels. A 1987 Food and Drug Administration proposal permitted explicit disease-prevention claims on food labels. This proposal has seriously weakened. FDA's abililty to challenge even what the agency believes are deceptive claims. Testimony is received from Office Management and Budget officials, FDA officials, two state attorney generals, and a representative of the center for Science in the Public Interest.

Author : Lisa Shames
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1437911250
Total Pages : 81 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Food Labeling written by Lisa Shames and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2009-06 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two thirds of U.S. adults are overweight, and childhood obesity and diabetes are on the rise. To reverse these health problems, experts are urging Americans to eat healthier. Food labels contain information to help consumers who want to make healthy food choices. The FDA oversees fed. labeling rules for 80 percent of foods. This report examines: (1) FDA's efforts to ensure that domestic and imported foods comply with labeling rules; (2) the challenges FDA faces in these efforts; and (3) the views of key stakeholders on FDA actions needed to mitigate misleading labeling. The auditor analyzed FDA data, reports, and requirements on food labeling oversight and compliance and interviewed agency and key stakeholder group officials. Illus.

Author : United States. Federal Trade Commission. Bureau of Consumer Protection
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 32 pages
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Download or read book Dietary Supplements written by United States. Federal Trade Commission. Bureau of Consumer Protection and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309047374
Total Pages : 256 pages
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Download or read book Food Labeling written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1992-02-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990 (NLEA) changed the existing regulatory framework for food labeling requirements that was shared among federal, state, and local levels of government. In addition to creating a system of mandatory nutrition labeling for foods, NLEA provided a schedule for the preemption of state and local labeling requirements that were not identical to federal provisions. Six provisions were not to be preempted until a study on the adequacy of the federal implementation of those provisions was completed. Food Labeling is the result of that study. It presents recommendations concerning the Food and Drug Administration's implementation of the six provisions that were studied, suggestions for the future disposition of relevant state and local food labeling requirements, and views on the continuing importance of the working relationship among the various levels of government in assuring that consumers are protected from misleading label information.