Oops!

Nice - I hope they got an "A"

I don't know what grade they got but they did get national coverage on NZ news which brought this misleading labelling and advertising to the attention of the whole country.

Quick aside, Dizz. Honestly now, how much 'C' in a kiwi? Agonize this question. 'Little suckers' run about a buck a piece in Canada.

You are right, they shouldn't be buying processed foods, but they do. They should be responsible and do some research on what they eat, but they don't.
They are poisoning themselves and the consequences effects everyone.

I agree with you, bmc.  There should be full disclosure of ALL ingredients on all food products, cleaning agents, cosmetics, personal care items, clothing, etc.

 I was at the grocery store this week and spent about 2 hours reading labels as I shopped, especially focusing on the ones marketed as Healthy, Natural, or Organic.  I guess "truth in advertising" is left to the discretion of the manufacturer and it is hard to research anything when you don't have access to all of the facts or when the print is so tiny that you need to use a magnifying glass to read it.

According to the full article, when discussing amounts of ingredients listed, "no means none, but that's not necessarily what zero means" and "to know these fine distinctions, you really have to read the rule book."
I am anxious for this rule book to be made readily available to all consumers.  Maybe I missed getting my copy.  Was it a free publication from the FDA?

Before I get dinged for getting groceries at a regular grocery store, I have to drive 25-30 miles into a large city as I live on a farm and gas is $3+/gal.  It may be April but the weather is like January today and there are no farmers markets currently open.  We have several large gardens that we plant every year, we eat fresh when it is available and I can/freeze the rest.  We had no fresh fruit last year because of a late, extended cold spell after the trees started budding and blooming.  We have 3 freezers and I really wish we had a walk-in cooler like my maternal grandparents had.  The 3 Health Food stores in the city are very small, limited in stock and extremely expensive and sometimes what they offer isn't very appealing.

Care2 has a free online petition site.  You might want to check it out.  Just remember, change is really, really hard - especially when you go up against a Big Business and their lawyers and lobbyists and the FDA.

I agree with you, bmc.  There should be full disclosure of ALL ingredients on all food products, cleaning agents, cosmetics, personal care items, clothing, etc.

 I was at the grocery store this week and spent about 2 hours reading labels as I shopped, especially focusing on the ones marketed as Healthy, Natural, or Organic.  I guess "truth in advertising" is left to the discretion of the manufacturer and it is hard to research anything when you don't have access to all of the facts or when the print is so tiny that you need to use a magnifying glass to read it.

According to the full article, when discussing amounts of ingredients listed, "no means none, but that's not necessarily what zero means" and "to know these fine distinctions, you really have to read the rule book."
I am anxious for this rule book to be made readily available to all consumers.  Maybe I missed getting my copy.  Was it a free publication from the FDA?

Before I get dinged for getting groceries at a regular grocery store, I have to drive 25-30 miles into a large city as I live on a farm and gas is $3+/gal.  It may be April but the weather is like January today and there are no farmers markets currently open.  We have several large gardens that we plant every year, we eat fresh when it is available and I can/freeze the rest.  We had no fresh fruit last year because of a late, extended cold spell after the trees started budding and blooming.  We have 3 freezers and I really wish we had a walk-in cooler like my maternal grandparents had.  The 3 Health Food stores in the city are very small, limited in stock and extremely expensive and sometimes what they offer isn't very appealing.

Care2 has a free online petition site.  You might want to check it out.  Just remember, change is really, really hard - especially when you go up against a Big Business and their lawyers and lobbyists and the FDA.

I agree with you, bmc.  There should be full disclosure of ALL ingredients on all food products, cleaning agents, cosmetics, personal care items, clothing, etc.

 I was at the grocery store this week and spent about 2 hours reading labels as I shopped, especially focusing on the ones marketed as Healthy, Natural, or Organic.  I guess "truth in advertising" is left to the discretion of the manufacturer and it is hard to research anything when you don't have access to all of the facts or when the print is so tiny that you need to use a magnifying glass to read it.

According to the full article, when discussing amounts of ingredients listed, "no means none, but that's not necessarily what zero means" and "to know these fine distinctions, you really have to read the rule book."
I am anxious for this rule book to be made readily available to all consumers.  Maybe I missed getting my copy.  Was it a free publication from the FDA?

Before I get dinged for getting groceries at a regular grocery store, I have to drive 25-30 miles into a large city as I live on a farm and gas is $3+/gal.  It may be April but the weather is like January today and there are no farmers markets currently open.  We have several large gardens that we plant every year, we eat fresh when it is available and I can/freeze the rest.  We had no fresh fruit la
st year because of a late, extended cold spell after the trees started budding and blooming.  We have 3 freezers and I really wish we had a walk-in cooler like my maternal grandparents had.  The 3 Health Food stores in the city are very small, limited in stock and extremely expensive and sometimes what they offer isn't very appealing.

Care2 has a free online petition site.  You might want to check it out.  Just remember, change is really, really hard - especially when you go up against a Big Business and their lawyers and lobbyists and the FDA.
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I agree with you bmc.  There should be full disclosure of ALL ingredients on all food products, cleaning agents, cosmetics, personal care items, clothing, etc.

 I was at the grocery store this week and spent about 2 hours reading labels as I shopped, especially focusing on the ones marketed as Healthy, Natural, or Organic.  I guess "truth in advertising" is left to the discretion of the manufacturer and it is hard to research anything when you don't have access to all of the facts or when the print is so tiny that you need to use a magnifying glass to read it.

According to the full article, when discussing amounts of ingredients listed, "no means none, but that's not necessarily what zero means" and "to know these fine distinctions, you really have to read the rule book."
I am anxious for this rule book to be made readily available to all consumers.  Maybe I missed getting my copy.  Was it a free publication from the FDA?

Before I get dinged for getting groceries at a regular grocery store, I have to drive 25-30 miles into a large city as I live on a farm and gas is $3+/gal.  It may be April but the weather is like January today and there are no farmers markets currently open.  We have several large gardens that we plant every year, we eat fresh when it is available and I can/freeze the rest.  We had no fresh fruit la
st year because of a late, extended cold spell after the trees started budding and blooming.  We have 3 freezers and I really wish we had a walk-in cooler like my maternal grandparents had.  The 3 Health Food stores in the city are very small, limited in stock and extremely expensive and sometimes what they offer isn't very appealing.

Care2 has a free online petition site.  You might want to check it out.  Just remember, change is really, really hard - especially when you go up against a Big Business and their lawyers and lobbyists and the FDA.&

Jonny how ever you cut it, I think it will effect everyone in some fashion. It is fine to say people should pay for their own health care, but if people are going bankrupt form health care costs, it will eventually effect everyone. Look at what  foreclosures  are doing to the economy, and how it's effecting everyone. There are controllable factors that are making people sick. It doesn't make sense not to address them, but instead our government and big pharma, (which trickles into our health care system) are beating around the bush looking for that quick dollar to be made.

Finally, should universal health care become a reality, do you want your tax dollars paying for the care of people who are clueless about how to keep themselves healthy?

 I was at the grocery store and spent about 2 hours reading labels as I shopped,  focusing on the ones marketed as Healthy, Natural, or Organic.  I guess "truth in advertising" is left to the discretion of the manufacturer.  It is hard to research anything when you don't have access to all of the facts or when the print is so tiny that you need to use a magnifying glass to read it.

According to the full article, when discussing amounts of ingredients listed, "no means none, but that's not necessarily what zero means" and "to know these fine distinctions, you really have to read the rule book."
I am anxious for this rule book to be made readily available to all consumers.  Maybe I missed getting my copy.  Was it a free publication from the FDA?

Before I get dinged for getting groceries at a regular grocery store, I have to drive 25-30 miles into a large city as I live on a farm and gas is $3+/gal.  It may be April but the weather is like January today and there are no farmers markets open.  We have several large gardens that we plant every year, we eat fresh when it is available and I can/freeze the rest.  We had no fresh fruit last year because of a late, extended cold spell after the trees started budding and blooming.  We have 3 freezers and I wish we had a walk-in cooler like my maternal grandparents had.  The 3 Health Food stores in the city are very small, limited in stock, extremely expensive and sometimes what they offer isn't very appealing.

Care2 has a free online petition site.  You might want to check it out.  Just remember, change is really, really hard - especially when you go up against a Big Business, their corporate lawyers, lobbyists and the FDA.

Nebraskamom,  you made some good points. Thanks