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Most food items aimed specifically at children have poor nutritional content and yet many of these products continue to make positive healthy claims on the label, a new study claims, as reported by foodnavigator.com.
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Editor’s Insight: Food industry organizations have urged the federal government to maintain voluntary and flexible nutrition labeling on food products. VendingMarketWatch has taken the position that the industry should support national labeling rules so that manufacturers do not need to address a patchwork of state and local rules that would be economically unfeasible to meet.
VendingMarketWatch has also taken the position that the food industry should be proactive on this issue since surveys have shown that consumers are concerned about the veracity of nutrition labels.
News stories such as this recent report from the University of Calgary continue to stoke public concerns about food nutrition labels. The U.S.-based Center for Science in The Public Interest is always ready to use these studies to attract media attention to the issue, as it did in this case. 07-23-08 by Elliot Maras