Archive for December 1, 2008
Why Aren’t There Nutrition Fact Labels on Alcohol?
Background
On November 8, 1990, George Bush Senior signed into law the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act (see NLEA or for an abbreviated description of the act click here).  The act made nutrition facts commonplace on packaged foods.  The problem is that the NLEA covers foods only under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Food & Drug Administration, and alcoholic beverages are not under [...]
December 1, 2008
Tags: alcohol, food, nutrition, policy Posted in: Politics 
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