FDA Launches Investigation into Food Packaging Nutrition Claims

More on Food Packaging, Smart Choices, and potential involvement from the FDA from a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation post:

The federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced it will launch an investigation into whether the nutrition claims posted on food packaging violate federal food labeling laws, Reuters reports. The FDA is pursuing the investigation amid complaints that they provide a misleading picture of the health benefits of a particular food product. Noting that “some nutritionists have questioned whether this information is more marketing-oriented than health-oriented,” FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg contends that “judging from some of the labels that we have seen, we think this is a valid concern.”

Full post at RWJF.org