UPDATE: US: Food makers “co-operating” with FDA over labels
By: just-food.com | 4 March 2010
Nestle and Diamond Foods have insisted they are "co-operating" with the US Food and Drug Administration after the regulator publicly attacked them - and 13 other food makers - over their use of "misleading" health claims.
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Nestle and Diamond Foods have insisted they are "co-operating" with the US Food and Drug Administration after the regulator publicly attacked them - and 13 other food makers - over their use of "misleading" health claims.
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