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Kids are not going to stop liking chocolate, pizza, ice cream, or fries. Heck, neither am I. So why is industry so afraid of mandatory restrictions on marketing to children?
Corn Products International has said the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has given initial approval of its $1.3bn acquisition of National Starch, with the deal expected to be finalized by early October.
NutraIngredients-USA examines the enforcement strategy of the US
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in its efforts to ensure that the
marketing claims made by food and dietary supplement manufacturers
are accurate and substantiated.
Food and beverage manufacturers are set to have to disclose
information on their marketing techniques and expenditures used to
promote products to children, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
has said.
Regulation introduced by the British government to protect children
from junk food advertising is far more effective than the voluntary
US approach, an American consumer lobby group has said.
Nestlé's proposed acquisition of the Dreyer's ice cream business in
the US looks to have hit a snag with the companies announcing this
week that talks with the competition authorities have been extended
and that the sale...
In the second story of the day on herbal products, we report that
the US American Herbal Products Association (AHPA), in a bid to
curtail all deceptive advertising, has unveiled a draft framework
for voluntary advertising practices...
The US Federal Trade Commission has found no evidence that
so-called 'malternative' alcoholic beverages are being marketed to
minors, according to an investigation prompted by a complaint from
an advocacy group.
After a year of negotiations the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
has finally approved a new deal that allays anticompetitive fears
over the proposed acquisition of Goodman Fielder subsidiary Leiner
Davis Gelatin by German gelatine...
Antitrust enforcers at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission will go to
court to block the acquisition of Leiner Davis Gelatin Corp. and
Goodman Fielder USA Inc. by Germany's Deutsche Gelatine-Fabriken
Stoess AG, the agency said...
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) this week cleared the
Koninklijke Ahold NV purchase of Bruno's Supermarket chain. Ahold
is expected to pay approximately $500 million (€561 million) for
the business.
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) warned Web site operators
this week that products promoted as treating anthrax must be
removed from the Internet.
Ahold, the Dutch food retail and foodservice company, announced on
Thursday that it had gained regulatory approval for its acquisition
of Alliant Exchange, Inc.
The British spirits group Diageo announced that it would sell its
Croft and Delaforce port and sherry brands for Euro82.5m, to a
consortium comprising Gonzalez Byass and Taylor Fonseca.
The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday asked makers of
dietary supplements containing the herb comfrey to withdraw their
products due to the danger of liver damage and its possible role as
a cancer-causing agent.
The British beverage and confectionery group, Cadbury Schweppes,
has warned the US Federal Trade Commission that the proposed US$
13.3bn acquisition...
US consumer food giant H.J. Heinz Co. and US Beech-Nut Nutrition
Corporation called off their proposed $185 million merger on Friday
after an appeals...
A consumer activist group urged U.S. regulators on Tuesday to halt
what it said were misleading claims by health-food makers that
garlic supplements will...
