Sunday, March 17, 2013

FDA Shuts Down Bakery That Put Sugar In Its 'Sugar-Free' Products

Republicans and libertarians will be unhappy that the government is interfering in this businesses ability to label their products how ever they want.

Since diabetics could die because of the deliberate mislabeling, I think the owners should be prosecuted for attempted murder.

http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/03/14/1721511/fda-shuts-down-bakery/

by Sy Mukherjee, thinkprogress.org
March 14th 2013

Sweet lovers, bakers, and assorted pastry-makers, take note: the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) doesn’t take kindly to companies falsifying nutritional information about their products.

In the latest chapter of the FDA’s ongoing saga with New Jersey-based Butterfly Bakery, a federal judge has “approved a consent decree of permanent injunction against” the company “for unlawfully distributing misbranded food products, such as muffins and snack cakes,” according to an FDA press release.

Butterfly Bakery has a history of openly flaunting FDA regulations with regards to their nutritional labeling, misrepresenting the sugar and fat content of their products to astonishing degrees — in fact, the FDA plainly warned the company and CEO Brenda Issac that it would face consequences if it didn’t cease its fraudulent practices.

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