i was just watching the news?

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paul b

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and they said that there is a new bill that would have u get a prescription for General Mills products because they lower ur cholesterol. the FDA said that this would be a new law that obama endorses. y would anyone do this, when there r no drugs in them, its just the product that is able to lower it? is this just the lib's (and con's some said yes to this) trying to control food now?
sry i put this 2 times.
i'm looking for a link
 
There is no link. There is no such bill.
The FDA wants cereals to stop using health benefits to advertise. Period. If cereal makes claims about health, then (supposedly) they can be regulated.
Leave it to the nutcases to make this into some conspiracy from Obama.

NO such bill is going to happen, because there is nothing behind it.
 
Labeling controversy

In May of 2009, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent a letter[3] to General Mills indicating that in their view Cheerios was being sold as an unapproved new drug. This was in response the labeling of the Cheerios box, which read in part:

• "you can Lower Your Cholesterol 4% in 6 weeks" " • "Did you know that in just 6 weeks Cheerios can reduce bad cholesterol by an average of 4 percent? Cheerios is ... clinically proven to lower cholesterol. A clinical study showed that eating two 1 1/2 cup servings daily of Cheerios cereal reduced bad cholesterol when eaten as part of a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol."

The FDA letter indicated that General Mills needed to either change the way it marketed Cheerios or apply for federal approval to sell Cheerios as a drug. General Mills responded with a statement that their claim of soluble fiber content had been approved by the FDA, and that the claims about lowering cholesterol had been featured on the box for two years.[4]
 
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