New Food Labels to Put More Fat in the Fine Print. Justin Gest and Karen Robinson-Jacobs.
by Gest, Justin; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 56Health. Publisher: Los Angeles Times, 2003ISSN: 1522-323X;.Subject(s): Consumer protection | Food -- Labeling | Food industry and trade | Health behavior | Health risk assessment | Trans fatty acids | United States Food and Drug AdmDDC classification: 050 Summary: "In the first major change to the nutrition labels on packaged foods since they were established in 1993, the government announced...that it would require food companies to list the amount of unhealthful 'trans fatty acids' in their products by 2006." (LOS ANGELES TIMES) This article examines the nutrition label changes made in an effort to inform the public about fatty acids which "raise levels of so-called bad cholesterol" which, in turn, "increases the risk of heart attacks."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: New Food Labels to Put More Fat in the Fine Print, July 10, 2003; pp. A1+.
"In the first major change to the nutrition labels on packaged foods since they were established in 1993, the government announced...that it would require food companies to list the amount of unhealthful 'trans fatty acids' in their products by 2006." (LOS ANGELES TIMES) This article examines the nutrition label changes made in an effort to inform the public about fatty acids which "raise levels of so-called bad cholesterol" which, in turn, "increases the risk of heart attacks."
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