Health Food Manufacturers

• Super Duper? ; Loading Up On so-Called 'Super Fruits' May Not Be Quite As Beneficial to Your Health As Some Food Manufacturers Would Have You Believe, but There's No Denying They're Good for You.

Remember when pomegranates seemed really exotic? Now, thanks to their purported health benefits, they are in everything from iced coffee to martinis. And there are scores of other fruits - some familiar, some unpronounceable - joining pomegranate on the shelves.

• Portland Press Herald
• July 09, 2009

• Contact Lens Manufacturers Association, Petitioner, v. Food & Drug Administration of the Department of Health and Human Services, Respondent., 766 F.2d 592 (D.C. Cir. 1985)

Petition for Review of an Order of the Food & Drug administration. Daniel J. Manelli, Washington D.C., with whom Edward A. Scallet, Washington, D.C.,...

• Federal Circuits

• Taking on trans fats: the FDA is now mandating that food manufacturers list the trans fatty acid content of foods--a move that health advocates applaud.

Move over saturated fat; there is a new villain in town. For decades, saturated fat has been the proverbial "bad boy" of health, but scientists believ...

• Saturday Evening Post
• Vol. 275 Nbr. 6, November 2003

• Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act of 1997: Modifications to the List of Recognized Standards, Recognition List Number: 030

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing a publication containing modifications the Agency is making to the list of standards FDA recognizes for use in premarket reviews (FDA recognized consensus standards). This publication, entitled ``Modifications to the List of Recognized Standards, Recognition List Number: 030'' (Recognition List Number: 030), will assist manufacturers who elect to declare conformity with consensus standards to meet certain requirements for medical devices.

• Federal Register Nbr. 78 FR 2998, January 15, 2013
• Notices
• Health and Human Services Department

• New Landis Study Reveals Strong Correlation between Life Stress and Increased Need for Now Gratification in Comfort Food Consumption; Findings Contend that Brand Manufacturers and Health Experts Must Accept A New Healthy Living Paradigm To Be Successful.

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. -- A new study on American health and wellbeing conducted by LANDIS STRATEGY & INNOVATION (http://www.Landis-SI.com) reveals ...

• Business Wire
• December 19, 2005

• Fda Will Look Into Labeling ; 'Smart Choice' Claims Reviewed.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Ever wondered how that "Smart Choices" sticker wound up on the front of Froot Loops or Cocoa Puffs? Well, federal health officials are having similar thoughts, and they're warning food manufacturers.

• Columbia Daily Tribune
• July 28, 2010

• Fda Sour On 'Smart' Label On Many Sugary Treats

WASHINGTON -- Ever wondered how that "Smart Choices" sticker wound up on the front of Froot Loops or Cocoa Puffs? Well, federal health officials are having similar thoughts, and they're warning food manufacturers.

• Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
• October 21, 2009

• 160 Million Flu Shots Expected by October

WASHINGTON - The U.S. may have as many as 160 million doses of swine flu vaccine available sometime in October, even though manufacturers worldwide are having serious trouble brewing shots, federal health officials said Thursday. The Food and Drug Administration may formally approve much of that vaccine before studies required to prove how well it works are completed, treating the new inoculations just like the recipe change that regular winter flu vaccine undergoes each year.

• Charleston Gazette
• July 24, 2009

• Advisers Urge More Clarity in Food Packaging

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Government health advisers say food manufacturers should cut the clutter on the front of food packages and focus on the nutrients that cause the most health problems: calories, saturated fat, trans fat and sodium. As most consumers can attest, a trip to the grocery store includes a confusing blast of messages on food labels. Many companies highlight a food's beneficial ingredients -- or lack of an unhealthy ingredient -- on the front of the item and leave the bad news for the government-mandated nutrition label on the back.

• Columbia Daily Tribune
• October 14, 2010

• Science Gives Bread Taste with Goodness

OMAHA, Neb. - Looks like white bread. Tastes like it, too. But is it? It took scientists eight long years and millions of dollars to sneak whole grains into that spongy, yeasty icon of U.S. health- unconscious consumerism. Now that they've done it, food manufacturers have begun releasing a bevy of products they hope will get people to eat whole grains.

• Augusta Chronicle, The
• August 11, 2005