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Nutrition Action Healthletter April 2002 Michael F. Jacobson	FDA Fiddles, While Americans Die You won't see the word "trans" -- meaning heart-damaging trans fat -- on most Nutrition Facts labels any sooner than 2007. Knowing that the delay means 2,000 to 5,000 deaths each year doesn't seem to bother the food industry or the government one whit...
AskMen.com February 28, 2002 Sebastien Stefanov	The Truth About Food Labels Labels are not always clear or designed for our benefit. Some manufacturers use vagueness to slip in ingredients and irrelevant facts to sway consumers...
Food Engineering May 1, 2005	Regulatory Watch FDA seeks public comment on proposals to improve nutrition labels on packaged and processed food... International Dairy Foods Association is helping cheese manufacturers meet trans fat labeling deadline... etc.
Prepared Foods September 2007 William A. Roberts, Jr.	Allergen Awareness Manufacturers must be more allergen-aware than ever, as their packages and labels serve as a guidepost to at-risk consumers.
Prepared Foods December 12, 2006 William A. Roberts, Jr.	Editorial Views: Trans-formations Within three years, the FDA estimates, food labels promoting 0g of trans fat could help prevent up to 1,200 cases of heart disease and as many as 500 deaths a year. Is it time for foodservice to fall in line?
Food Processing October 2007	Regulatory Issues: FDA reports on allergen contamination If the food industry continues to show awareness of the dangers of food allergens, FDA and Congress likely will continue with a measured and deliberative approach.
Prepared Foods February 2008	Article: USDA Labeling--Do Food Labels Make a Difference? The economics behind food labeling provides insight into the dynamics of voluntary and mandatory food labeling and the influence labeling has on consumers' food choices.
Science News July 31, 2004 Janet Raloff	Better Labeling of Major Food Allergens Having cleared both houses, a recent bill intended to reduce consumers' confusion over which goods contain proteins from the eight most common foods causing allergies, is expected to garner a presidential signature in the near future.
Prepared Foods January 2008	Functional Benefits of Trans and Saturated Fats Trans and saturated fats possess functional properties that make them key components in traditional formulas.
Prepared Foods September 1, 2005	Finding Trans Fat Unexpected Analytical Results Occur as More Than Hydrogenated Oils Contribute Trans Fats.... What Are Trans Fats?... More Than Trans Fat-Free... Blend Back to the Future...
Food Processing March 2007 David Joy	Regulatory Issues: Trans fat tipping point For better or for worse, there seems to be no real, ongoing scientific debate about whether trans fats are truly dangerous.
Food Processing June 2005 Kantha Shelke	Fear and loathing over trans fats The end of the year brings the next big nutritional milestone: a required declaration of trans fatty acids for all food products that contain them. Processors are diligently searching a range of options for substitutes that will replace the functionality of trans fatty acids.
Prepared Foods April 1, 2005 Katherine M.J. Swanson	Ingredient Challenges: Food Allergens: Thoughts on Concerns and Control Food allergens are a recognized issue that requires diligent food safety management to ensure consumer and brand protection. A plan is essential, and should involve plant operations as well as product development and processing.
Delicious Living January 2005 Sharon Palmer	What's Wrong with Trans Fats? Ubiquitous in processed foods, trans fats increase heart-disease risk and may contribute to diabetes, stroke, and cancer. Here are major sources and how to recognize it on labels.
Prepared Foods February 2, 2007 Barbara T. Nessinger	The Case for Fats and Oils Even as the food industry looks to eliminate trans fats, the functions of all fats and oils, including those of trans fats, need to be remembered.
Food Processing August 2005 Mike Pehanich	Trans-Fat Transitions The food industry has been working hard to replace trans fat in packaged products before new federal regulations require the addition of trans fat content on the nutrition facts panels in January 2006.
Science News July 19, 2003 Janet Raloff	No Hiding Most Trans Fats Under new FDA rules that take effect in 2006, manufacturers and bakers will have to identify trans fats wherever they occur in amounts of 0.5 gram or more.
AskMen.com February 12, 2004 Sarah Keefe	The Danger Of Trans Fats Find out why you should avoid trans fats like the plague, and discover how to eat the foods you love without the risk of inducing cardiac arrest.
Prepared Foods January 1, 2007 Steven B. Steinborn	NYC Ban on Trans Fat: A Case Study New York City now imposes a level of interference that many believe will do more harm than good.
AskMen.com Phil Franklin	Unhealthy Ingredients On Food Labels You've probably heard this advice before: Read the nutritional labels on food before you buy it. With the obesity rate now double what it was in 1980, that advice is all the more relevant today.
Food Processing October 2005	From the Bench: Fat replacers Five fat replacers that can help processors achieve their formulation fantasies.
Prepared Foods May 1, 2006 Lauren Swann	Able to Label? According to a recently issued FDA draft guidance, there are a number of grains that can make a whole-grain labeling statement, depending on the type and degree of processing.
Food Processing April 2005 David Joy	Regulatory Issues: Serving up whole grains With consumers increasingly aware of the benefits of whole grains, a simple, factual label statement about their presence may suffice. But many food manufacturers want to make label claims, so the the question is: What exactly can be said about whole grains on a food label?
AskMen.com January 18, 2001 Simon McNeil	Deciphering What Food Labels Really Mean Nowadays, many men pay close attention to what they eat on a daily basis. After all, we want to look and feel our best for the ladies, right? The problem, though, is that we tend to become confused as soon as we read the labels on food products...
Food Processing March 2005 David Joy	Regulatory Issues: Regulatory impact of the new guidelines The federal government's recently issued 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans are primarily aimed at influencing the way Americans eat and exercise. But will the new recommendations also affect FDA's food labeling regulations?
Prepared Foods August 2007 Elizabeth Mannie	A Fat-finding Mission Fats and oil suppliers are striving to present nutritional fats that provide the functionality and benefits required by formulators.
Food Processing February 2006 Kantha Shelke	Trans fats: Just under the deadline Here's how several processors removed trans fats before the Jan. 1 labeling deadline.
Prepared Foods March 7, 2007	Praising Trans Fats Distorting food issues can lead to bad food policy or consumers making poor choices.
Food Engineering March 6, 2006 Kevin T. Higgins	Allergens & Labeling: Got it Under Control? While the allergen labeling law explicitly impacts ingredient statements on packages, it also implies better control of in-plant processes.
Prepared Foods June 2009	R&D: Fresh Approach to Nutrition Analysis Online nutrition analysis tool instantly generates accurate, up-to-date, FDA-compliant facts panels.
Science News April 10, 2004 Edna Francisco	Stronger Proof That Trans Fats Are Bad A new study examining body fat adds weight to evidence that trans fats are associated with heart problems.
Food Processing February 2007 Kathryn Trim	Transcending trans fats A year after the labeling deadline, we look at what processors used to replace trans fats, including canola and sunflower oils and trait-enhanced soybeans.
Entrepreneur April 2005 Nichole L. Torres	Chew on This Cater to customers with food allergies, and you'll be sure to get a good reaction.
Food Processing April 2006 Mike Pehanich	Allergens in the plant: Nothing to sneeze at An allergen in the product or processing area could prove tragic to a company and its consumers. These plant procedures can help keep products true to their ingredient statements.
Food Processing February 2007 Leslie Krasny	Regulatory Issues: Food Allergen Update At the end of 2006, FDA issued Edition 4 of its Food Allergen Guidance for Industry. The revisions address four issues: Tree Nuts, Seafood, Wheat, and Single Ingredient Foods.
Nutrition Action Healthletter December 2001 Jane Hurley	Better Than Butter? Supermarket shelves now offer dozens of margarines (they're called spreads if they're less than 80 percent oil) that are low in artery-clogging saturated and trans fats. Here's how to find them...
Food Processing April 2007 Leslie Krasny	Wellness Foods' Regulatory Issues: It's a Natural The FDA has not been active in challenging "natural" claims for foods, although "warning" letters have been sent to manufacturers, particularly for the use of color additives in products bearing "natural" claims.
Science News January 3, 2004 Kate Ramsayer	Putting Labels on Nutrients Do those nutrition fact boxes on packaged foods supply the information that people really need? Two new reports suggest that they don't.
Prepared Foods August 2007	Regulations: Time to Prioritize FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition's new 2007 list of priorities.
Science News September 15, 2001 Janet Raloff	Heard about Choline? This week, the Food and Drug Administration is expected to announce its authorization of food-labeling claims for choline. It marks the first nutrient to be approved for such claims under the FDA Modernization Act of 1997...
Food Processing January 2006 Kantha Shelke	Ingredient forensics It's like CSI: New scientific techniques can uncover the source of pathogens, contamination, even genetic modification in foods and their ingredients.
Food Processing August 2010 Diane Toops	Toops Scoops: Cargill builds a sustainable supply chain for its oils How do you turn wellness trends into reality? It comes down to the mystery of the black box -- problem-based situations that offer a hypothetical mystery and need to be solved.
Food Processing March 2008	Trans fat solutions continue to evolve The trans fat disclosure ruling of 2006 continues to challenge processors, but oil alternatives are getting better all the time.
Prepared Foods December 1, 2005	The Thin Line Mainstream-media publicity is driving consumer's soy awareness... The good and bad of trans-fat hydrogenation...
Food Processing April 2007	Wellness Foods HealthBites: April What's happening in the world of nutrition and health.
Prepared Foods October 1, 2006 Steven B. Steinborn	An Apple a Day...but How Big an Apple? When deciding how much of an ingredient or nutrient must be added to a product to justify its advertising claim, certain regulatory guideposts should be followed.
Prepared Foods August 11, 2006	Enrichment and Health Claims This article highlights several threshold legal principles that govern what nutrients may be added to which foods and at what levels.
Food Processing December 2008	Nutrition Facts, Front and (Nearly) Center Familiar-looking Smart Choices logo unveiled at ADA meeting.
Food Processing October 2009 Dave Fusaro	Food Industry 2010: Priorities for the New Decade From a new FDA to China, seven game-changers for 2010 and beyond.
Food Processing November 2009 Diane Toops	Soybean, Canola Pace Specialty Oils A little fat plays an essential role in a healthy diet - as long as it doesn't end up on our thighs.