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FDA Recommends Changes to Food Labels
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| Contributor | Gerald Farinas |
| Last Edited | Gerald Farinas Mar 13, 2004 04:46pm |
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| Category | News |
| Media | News Service - Associated Press |
| News Date | Saturday, March 13, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | FDA Recommends Changes to Food Labels
The Honolulu Advertiser
So you picked up a 20-ounce soft drink for lunch - do you know how many calories you're guzzling? A whopping 275, probably, although it can be hard to tell from the labels on today's bottles. That may change: The government asked food makers Friday to be more open about how much they pack into drinks, chips and other products Americans eat on the go, part of an effort to help consumers count calories a little easier.
Among the recommendations: (1) Changing food labels to list calories in larger type, easier to see at a glance, and to list the percent of consumers' daily allotment of calories a serving of each food brings. (2) Making foods like chips and soft drinks, which most people eat all at once even though they contain two or more "servings," list the product's total calories. (3) Urging all restaurants to list calories on menus. |
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