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What Food Issues Should the FDA Tackle in 2011?

Posted on Jan 5th 2011 10:00AM by Hilary Walke
Filed Under: Diet & Weight Loss

In 2010, we saw a $21 million lawsuit against Dannon, new fruit and vegetable dietary guidelines, and our government stepping up to fight obesity. What will 2011 bring?

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According to Marion Nestle, professor of the Nutrition, Food Studies and Public Health Department at New York University, we'll be seeing lots more of the same. We'll witness more fights over food safety, stricter guidelines (and more lawsuits) over health claims and new front-of-package label regulations. The government is even considering using red, yellow and green traffic light symbols on product labels to convey healthiness.

Is the past in the past, or is it merely a warning sign of what is to come in the future? Find out what our users would like to see addressed in 2011.

Paulissa K.
They can't even keep the food safe now and the sad part of it is they are the ones who are saying the GMOs are safe, corn syrup (which has been linked to hypertension) is safe, and the list goes on and on so in my humble opinion, the FDA is worthless. Read labels, do your own research, buy locally and organic as much as possible and stop trusting the government to tell you what is safe.

Laura M.
The FDA? What a joke. I think they should stay out of it altogether.

Judea P.
Good point, Paulissa. The FDA's recommendations haven't gotten us very far. They tell us to eat the same things farmers are using to fatten up their livestock. No thanks.

Valerie H.
I'm sick of fillers in everything, why can't anything just be natural?

Joann S.
I'd like to see people buy real food not technological items in the store.

Paulissa K.
This would be the same FDA that thinks soy, corn syrup and GMOs are safe so what good is that rating system? Learn to read labels, do your own research, and buy locally as much as possible.

Gee B.
There would be an awful lot of red lights in the supermarkets!

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