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Soundest Dietary Restriction The 1990 Nutrition Labeling and Education Act mandates standard definitions of such terms as light and lowfat, bans misleading claims and requires food producers to list the amount of dietary fiber and saturated fat in raw seafood, fruit and vegetables as well as on most packaged-goods labels...
Among the most significant developments has been a major shift in attitude by several international corporations. Companies that in the past had an adversative relationship with conservation groups have begun to take actions that are more than public relations. Following the lead of H.J. Heinz's StarKist Seafood Co., major American tuna canners voluntarily decided to stop buying fish from fleets that carelessly kill dolphins and other marine mammals. McDonald's addressed a major solid-waste problem by switching from polystyrene to paper wrappings for its fast foods. Conoco decided to use double-hulled tankers in an effort to reduce...
...minerals contained in various foods. When the FDA completes its work, labels will also have to disclose the number of calories derived from fat and the amount of dietary fiber, saturated fat, cholesterol and a variety of other substances. Most packaged foods, as well as fruit, vegetables and raw seafood, will have to be similarly tagged...
...consumers should find more nutritional information and fewer misleading health claims on virtually all packaged items, produce and seafood...
Sometimes government paralysis is to blame for the Mob's gains. Since Luciano's day, Manhattan's Fulton Fish Market and its union have been Genovese-controlled. Each year upwards of $1 billion worth of seafood passes through this wholesale market, the country's largest. For 20 years, brothers Carmine and Vincent Romano were the family's point men, controlling all parking, loading and unloading...