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...seal is the focus of an ambitious new nutrition-education effort by the A.H.A. But instead of winning universal plaudits for the program, the organization finds itself under fire from trade and consumer groups and even federal agencies, which charge that the project may add to shoppers' confusion. Under the plan, called HeartGuide, food manufacturers submit their products to be analyzed for cholesterol, salt, and total- and saturated-fat content. Items that meet the A.H.A.'s criteria are allowed to use the seal on labels and in advertisements. The imprimatur is currently limited to four categories -- margarines and spreads, canned...
...A.H.A. Consumers get some clear dietary guidance, and companies get a marketing advantage. C&W Foods of San Francisco has submitted its line of frozen vegetables as an image booster. "Frozen vegetables are the Rodney Dangerfield of the vegetable category," observes C& W President Gary Spakosky. "The seal will help frozen vegetables as opposed to fresh ones, which will not have the seal." The A.H.A. predicts that the program will stimulate introduction of more healthful products. One manufacturer eager to participate reformulated its product before entering it for testing...
...industry groups complain that companies that do not want to join may be forced to if competitive products bear the seal. To cover costs, the A.H.A. charges participants hefty fees, ranging from $15,000 to $640,000 annually, depending on a product's market share. "It looks like an extortion racket," says Richard Sullivan of the Association of Food Industries. Consumer groups are concerned because the A.H.A. has not yet made public the amount of fat, cholesterol and salt it considers acceptable. "We don't know whether the standards are too lax," says nutritionist Bonnie Liebman of the Center...
...cracked the seal on the Charley's Black Label Rum and poured two glasses, one for Alex and one for myself. As I reached over to hand him the glass, my ribs twinged sharply, reminding me. I glanced around the bedroom in Grays: still sterile, filled with university furniture and my bulging duffle bags. I still couldn't believe it; a few days before I had been quite sure I would not be free, at this institution, at Harvard. The bruises on my ribs were the only hard reminders left, but the institutional experience I had just left was still...
...Rotterdam- based firm Smit Tak. "Thirteen days were lost while they haggled like rug merchants," lamented Lalonde. Smit Tak explained that it was hamstrung by Spain and Morocco, which refused to allow the Khark 5 to be towed closer to their shores, where the company thought it could seal the leaks...