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Dear Colleague,
Welcome to summer,
and June's Label Alert. Start the new season with the latest
industry news, and take advantage of big savings on PLC's Generic
Label Audit. In the headlines: Obama Administration launches food
safety website, the demise of 100-calorie snack packs, federal
menu-labeling bill introduced, reformulation leads to overhaul of
dietary fat data, challenges to healthy school lunch efforts, and
FDA official says agency failed over salmonella outbreak. Happy
reading!
| Obama
Administration Launches Food Safety Working Group
Website |
Responding to
President Obama's directive to upgrade the nation's food
safety system, the White House Food Safety Working Group, led
by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and of Health and Human
Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, launched a website to
provide information about the group's activities and progress.
Read
on...
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Value Signals 100-calorie Snack Pack
Demise |
Portion-controlled
packs are falling out of favor with consumers as they
increasingly seek value ahead of convenience, according to
market research organization Mintel. Read
on...
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| Lawmakers to
Introduce Federal Menu-Labeling Bill |
The Menu
Education and Labeling (MEAL) Act would require fast-food and
other chain restaurants to post calories on menu boards and
food display tags and calories, saturated plus trans fat,
carbohydrates, and sodium on printed menus. Read
on...
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| Reformulation
Leads to Overhaul of Fats and Oils Dietary
Data |
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Significant
changes in the way foods are formulated and improved methods
of ingredient analysis have led to the revision of dietary
data regarding fats and oils in the American diet. Read
on...
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| Healthy School
Lunch Efforts Face Daunting Hurdles |
Los Angeles
Unified School District is an anti-junk- food pioneer, but the
obstacles it faces show how difficult it is to change habits
shaped by decades of unhealthy eating promoted by the mammoth
fast-food industry. Read
on...
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| FDA Failed Over
Salmonella Outbreak, Says New Chief |
The recent
outbreak of salmonella in the United States caused by
contaminated peanut butter represented a "failure" by the Food
and Drug Administration (FDA), the agency's new commissioner
said as she took up her post. Read
on...
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