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Article: CSPI objects to qualified health claims on food labels & sues Coca-Cola.(Top Of The News)
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- Nutraceuticals World
- Article date:
- March 1, 2009
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The nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), Washington, D.C., objected in mid-January to a "midnight" attempt by the outgoing Bush Administration to institutionalize an FDA practice permitting "qualified health claims" on food labels. Such claims, CSPI says, can be based on flimsy scientific evidence.
FDA first began permitting them on food labels in 2002. Prior to the Bush years, such claims were only allowed on dietary supplements. An example of these claims would be: "Very limited and preliminary scientific research suggests that eating one-half to one cup of tomatoes and/or tomato sauce a week may reduce the risk of prostate cancer. "FDA ...