NTR 301 1st Edition Lecture 15 Outline of Last Lecture I Agencies Involved in Regulation of Nutrition Related Products Outline of Current Lecture I Marketing and Food Labeling Current Lecture FTC has regulations for including disclaimers in their advertisements Companies also will purposely not put disclaimers until they are forced to add them by the FTC Limitations of FDA and FTC regulations Restricted amount of time and resources Slow process of taking action that may only cause rephrasing Fines that might be less than how much money was collected on the product How can consumers be cautious of false advertisements Again look at the Source Supporting evidence Claims Food Labeling Regulations All packaged food regulated by FDA Must nutritional facts Why is it important that the bad nutritional parts of food have more attention drawn to it Consumers might ignore the good nutrients in a product and just look for low amounts of the bad components It also can decrease the label interest These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Ingredients on food labels are put in descending order by weight Consumers need to read these labels carefully
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