http://www.healthfoodmadeeasy.com/going-green-in-the-supermarket-what-do-those-labels-mean/ Easy Healthy Food One Bite At A Time! Wed, 21 Jul 2010 01:52:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.healthfoodmadeeasy.com/going-green-in-the-supermarket-what-do-those-labels-mean/comment-page-1/#comment-192 Teagan Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:34:07 +0000 http://healthfoodmadeeasy.com/?p=83#comment-192 Indeed they do! Here's a for instance - in 2002 there was a big war in the European sector over food labeling - NOT what the food labeling says is in the food, but HOW it says it. The European Union wanted foods exported from France to be "in a language more easily understood by the average consumer." That translates to English. The French were incensed, saying they had the right to use their native language. So food labeling is a problem all over - what it should say & even how it should say it! Indeed they do! Here’s a for instance – in 2002 there was a big war in the European sector over food labeling – NOT what the food labeling says is in the food, but HOW it says it. The European Union wanted foods exported from France to be “in a language more easily understood by the average consumer.” That translates to English. The French were incensed, saying they had the right to use their native language. So food labeling is a problem all over – what it should say & even how it should say it!

]]> http://www.healthfoodmadeeasy.com/going-green-in-the-supermarket-what-do-those-labels-mean/comment-page-1/#comment-191 CeeCee Sun, 21 Sep 2008 20:43:39 +0000 http://healthfoodmadeeasy.com/?p=83#comment-191 This post has me wondering---do other countries have the equivalent of the USDA (as far as food labeling goes)? It seems like we, as Americans, are so obsessed with food that we want every little bit of help we can get in food labeling. It seems like the food industry in the US is just out to trick us in as many ways as possible ( ie: whole grain vs. 100% whole grain). I guess that's what we get for eating out of so many boxes instead of eating more 'whole' foods. This post has me wondering—do other countries have the equivalent of the USDA (as far as food labeling goes)? It seems like we, as Americans, are so obsessed with food that we want every little bit of help we can get in food labeling.
It seems like the food industry in the US is just out to trick us in as many ways as possible ( ie: whole grain vs. 100% whole grain). I guess that’s what we get for eating out of so many boxes instead of eating more ‘whole’ foods.

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