FAKE LABELS OF FOODS TO BE INVESTIGATED

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 7, 2009
12:33 PM

WASHINGTON - December 7 - Nutrition Facts labels on packaged foods have helped guide Americans' food choices for 15 years. But in that time, companies have cooked up a number of schemes to trick consumers about what's in-or isn't in-packaged foods. Today, the Center for Science in the Public Interest-the group that campaigned for the 1990 law requiring nutrition labeling-exposes some of the tricks that occur on the front of the label, and unveils makeovers of the Nutrition Facts panel and ingredient lists to last for the next 15 years.

CONTACT: Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI)
Phone: 202-332-9110
Food Label Makeovers Proposed by CSPI
Designs for New Nutrition & Ingredient Facts Labels Unveiled in Nutrition Action Healthletter
FULL TEXT: http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2009/12/07-5