FDA's Continuing Failure to Regulate Health Claims for Foods

Download or read book FDA's Continuing Failure to Regulate Health Claims for Foods written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: These hearings examine the federal government's failure to protect consumers from false and misleading health claims on food labels. A 1987 Food and Drug Administration proposal permitted explicit disease-prevention claims on food labels. This proposal has seriously weakened. FDA's abililty to challenge even what the agency believes are deceptive claims. Testimony is received from Office Management and Budget officials, FDA officials, two state attorney generals, and a representative of the center for Science in the Public Interest.