New food labeling system requested
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -
The Americah Soybean
Association has asked the
federal government to
develop procedures for a
food labeling system that
would provide, consumers
with clear information about
the ingredients in their food
purchases.
“Recent action by the U.S.
Food and Drug Ad
ministration permits food
labels to contain an optional
listing of vegetable oils
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which may or may not be
contained in food products,”
said Nick Rose, a Roseland,
Arkansas, soybean producer
and ASA chairman of the
board, “The labels of some
food products list up to five
or six vegetable oils which
may or may not be used in
the product. We believe
these labels have created
confusion and uncertainty
and feel strongly that
American consumers have
the basic right to know the
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chases without going
through such a guessing
game.”
Rose presented his
testimony in a Little Rock
hearing held by the Food and
Drug Administration, the
U.S. Department of
Agriculture and the Federal
Trade Commission. He noted
that soybean growers at
their recent annual meeting
had adopted a resolution
calling for new food label
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regulations which would
provide food labels which list
in descending order the oils
or fats contained in food
products.
“We recognize that source
oil labeling may be an un
necessary burden to food
manufacturers if required
on all products containing
fats and oils,” Rose testified.
“We suggest that specific
source oil labeling not be
required on foods where fats
and oils are a nutritionally
insignificant component of
the food.
Rose pointed out that some
in the medical profession
recommend inclusion or
avoidance of specific types
of fats and oils in certain
food diets for health reasons
such as reduction or
elimination of cholesterol
and/or saturated fats.
“Soy oil is a healthful.
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investigated
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nutritious oil that represents
a very large market for
American soybean
growers,” Rose said. “It is
used in 78 per cent of all
margarines, 75 per cent of
all salad and cooking oils
and 60 per cent of all food
fats and oils consumed in the
U.S. This consumption
contributes more than $4
billion to income to
American soybean
growers.”
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of a General Accounting
Office report entitled “What
Causes Food Prices to Rise
and What Can Be Done
About It.” The report is the
result of a three-year long
GAO investigation into the
widening farm-retail food
price spread, and its impact
on related food industry
costs and profits.
According to Richmond,
the study indicates that the
government can and should
take stronger action to curb
food price inflation and
monitor food prices. In the
report GAO calls upon
Congress to enact legislation
to monitor food production,
processing, marketing, and
pricing. In addition, the
Secretaries of Agriculture
and Transportation and the
Interstate Commerce
Commissioner are urged to
re-evaluate regulations
governing the transportation
of food in the U.S.
Richmond, chairman of
the House Agriculture
Subcommittee on Domestic
Marketing, Consumer
Relations and Nutrition,
stated his intention to follow
through on the GAO
suggestion to develop a
comprehensive system to
- monitor food prices and food
industry profits by gaining
access to confidential
pricing policies. Richmond
praised the report, saying it
would form “the basis of our
work on agricultural
problems during the next
two years.”
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