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Food Marketing: Frozen Pizza Cheese--Representative of Broader Food Labeling Issues

RCED-88-70 Published: Mar 31, 1988. Publicly Released: May 05, 1988.
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In response to a congressional request, GAO provided information on: (1) regulatory issues concerning the labelling of frozen pizzas whose toppings include a manufactured cheese analog; and (2) related concerns about food labelling issues.

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Matter for Congressional Consideration

Matter Status Comments
Congress may wish to bring together government, industry, and consumer interests in order to review and rewrite the basic authority for food information. Ways of doing so include establishing a congressional commission, recommending a presidential commission, or directing an interagency task force. As a preparatory step, Congress may wish to hold hearings to more fully determine the extent of current regulatory activity, agency structures that administer the regulatory process, industry and consumer responses to and reliance on the process, and agency activities or plans to improve the process.
Closed – Implemented
Congress enacted the Nutrition Labelling and Education Act in 1990 which superceded the recommendation.

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