Guest guest Posted May 7, 2003 Report Share Posted May 7, 2003 Companies Face Fines For Mislabeling Health Foods Six Of Seven Companies Headquartered In Florida POSTED: 11:48 a.m. EDT May 7, 2003 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida's agriculture commissioner has a few words of warning for producers of health food: If a food claims to be healthy, it had better be. Seven companies are facing enforcement action by Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services chief Charles Bronson. The companies are accused of mislabeling diet products by understating the amount of sugar or carbohydrates in their products. Bronson said the products made by the companies have failed repeated testing. His department said consumers are being ripped off twice, since they are told the foods are healthy and they also pay extra for them. Proposed fines range from $500 to $10,000. Six of the seven companies are headquartered in Florida. The companies are: Carbolite Foods, Evansville, Ind.: understating the amount of carbs in chocolate chip cookies. $1,000 fine. Ilana's Cookies, Hollywood, Fla.: saying date cookies had no sugar, when they did. $1,000 fine. Susan's Bakery, Sunrise, Fla.: seven violations of adding sugar to several foods. $10,000 fine. DeBoer Food Importers, Sanford, Fla.: having sugar in "sugar-free twist chocolate spread." $1,000 fine. Gilda's Industries, Hialeah, Fla.: sugar in gluten toast, despite label saying it's "sugar free." $500 fine. FGH Consulting USA, Hialeah, Fla.: claim coconut mousse was sugar-free when it's not. $500 fine. Cheeter's Diet Treats, Hollywood, Fla.: mislabeling rye bread as "high protein" and understating sugar amount in banana nut muffins. $500 fine. ---------------------- Reasons I have chosen veganism as a way of life for myself and my family: www.dumpdairy.com www.milksucks.com www.goveg.com http://www.helpinganimals.com/ http://www.stopanimaltests.com/ http://www.furisdead.com/ http://action.fund.org/action/index.asp http://www.animalsvoice.com/ http://www.commandochicks.com/ http://www.notmilk.com/ http://www.pcrm.org/ http://www.vegsource.com/ http://www.veganoutreach.com/ http://www3.mistral.co.uk/traub/faqvegan.html http://www.vegan.com/ http://www.vegan.org/ http://www.coolvegan.com/ Meet Your Meat: http://www.goveg.com/mym-hi.rm Subscribe to my Vegan_Animal_Rights today: Vegan_Animal_Rights/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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