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"David L. Green" <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 8 Aug 2000 01:13:41 EDT
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In a message dated 8/7/00 9:17:53 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
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> One thing that we
>  discussed and questioned was why is honey not labelled a fat free product?
>  Every other fat lacking food product is touted as being fat free.  Is there
>  a law that prevents honey from bearing a fat free label as well?

   The minute you make any health claims on honey, you come under a lot
stricter regulation. You have to prove your claims. Now you'd think that
would not be hard, but to do so to the satifaction of a bureaucracy can be
expensive.  Another example is herbs, which can be sold as foods without too
much oversight, but the minute they make a health claim, they come under the
jurisdiction of the FDA, and they are carefully scrutinized.

Dave Green
http://pollinator.com

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