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FDA Asked To Regulate Products Making Big Promises

wbztv.com

We've all become accustomed to seeing "new" and "improved" on products at the grocery store. But now more foods are promising better health.

What troubles consumer advocates is that there is very little regulation requiring food manufacturers to back up many of those claims, CBS station WBZ-TV in Boston reports. Since it is no fun getting sick, the idea that all you have to do is drink an immunity enhanced water or an antioxidant rich juice to stay healthy can be pretty appealing. One shopper told WBZ she thought it was great that products are offering those benefits. But the concern with many of these self proclaimed disease fighting foods is that they won't really deliver.

Edgar Dworsky of Consumerworld.org said "What we are seeing now are these quasi health claims, pseudo health claims, that don't have to be pre-approved and that is where the deception can come in."

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