FoodLabels

Increasing publicity about the ways food is modified, treated and processed has put the food industry on the defensive, but even as public awareness grows, food companies are still trying to keep you in the dark about these three issues.

There's a scene from the old John Candy movie Summer Rental in which Candy and his family order a dish called "Sully's Catch of the Day" at a seaside restaurant. The dish is advertised as being freshly caught, lightly breaded and sautéed grouper, but it turns out, it's just frozen fish...

After years of virtual silence about the labeling tricks food companies play on consumers, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration came out with a loud and clear statement that it will start cracking down on misleading, or flat out wrong, labels. FDA officials sent warning letters to 17 food...

The handy little Nutrition Facts label affixed to most packages you'll find in the grocery store was intended to help make it easier to make informed choices about what to eat. That only works if what's on the label is really in the package. About one out of every four labels tested is...