FDA Seeks Input On Warning Labels

Great. The FDA is going to add more red tape to an already problematic system. You watch, the changes they make will have no bearing on whether people can actually understand the label in the first place.

More and more foods bear a mishmash of warnings that they might accidentally contain ingredients that could seriously sicken people with food allergies. Yet there are signs that the labels are creating confusion among families that should heed them — even as new testing shows there is a real, if probably small, chance that foods with even the most vaguely worded warnings truly pose a risk.

The disconnect is sparking calls for standards on what are now voluntary warning labels. The Food and Drug Administration plans to seek advice from consumers and food makers, perhaps by year's end, before considering whether to intervene.

Food ingredient labels are pretty stupid as it is. Take a 5 lb. bag of sugar for instance. The serving size is listed as 1 tablespoon, and there are 567 servings per bag. Does this really help when your baking a dessert and want to know how many calories are in the banana nut muffin you are sinking your teeth into?