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46. two grams per serving: Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutri-

tion, “A Food Labeling Guide: Guidance for Industry,” FDA, January  0  3 , 80 ,
https://www.fda.gov/downloads/Food/GuidanceRegulation/GuidanceDocu
mentsRegulatoryInformation/UCM 6  446 .pdf.
47. yogurt with probiotics: FDA, “Label Claims for Conventional Foods
and Dietary Supplements,” last modified January 3 ,  0  8 , https://www.fda
.gov/Food/LabelingNutrition/ucm 447 .htm.
48. AHA now offers its own endorsement: Marion Nestle, What to Eat
(New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux,  007 ), Kindle edition, 3  3 ; “Heart-
Check Food Certification Program Nutrition Requirements,” American
Heart Association, last modified February  7 ,  0  8 , http://www.heart.org
/HEARTORG/HealthyLiving/HealthyEating/Heart-CheckMarkCerti
fication/Heart-Check-Food-Certification-Program-Nutrition-Require
mentsUCM 3009  4 Article.jsp.
49. The AHA believes: “Heart-Check Food Certification Program Certi-
fied Products Listed by Food Category,” AHA, last modified April 4 ,  0  8 ,
https://www.heart.org/idc/groups/heart-public/@wcm/@fc/documents
/downloadable/ucm
474830 .pdf.
 0. Congress prohibited adding substances: “Public Law 8 - 9  9 ,”
United States Code, Office of the Law Revision Counsel, House of Represen-
tatives, September 6 ,  9  8 , http://uscode.house.gov/statutes/pl/ 8 / 9  9 .pdf.
. some eight hundred ingredients: “Fixing the Oversight of Chemi-
cals Added to Our Food,” Pew Charitable Trusts, November 7 ,  0  3 , 3 , http:
//www.pewtrusts.org/~/media/legacy/uploadedfiles/phg/content_level
_pages/reports/FoodAdditivesCapstoneReportpdf.pdf.
. ten thousand substances: Ibid., 3.
 3. similar approaches in other countries: US Government Account-
ability Office, “FDA Should Strengthen Its Oversight of Food Ingredients
Determined to Be GRAS,” GAO- 0 -  46 , February  0  0 ,  3 , https://www.gao
.gov/new.items/d 0  46 .pdf.
 4. no obligation to even notify: Pew Trusts, “Fixing the Oversight,” 3.
. substances were introduced into food: Ibid., .
 6. free of conflicts of interests: Bernard Lo and Marilyn Field, eds.,
Conflict of Interest in Medical Research, Education, and Practice (Washing-
ton, DC: National Academies Press,  009 ), The National Academies, https:
//www.nap.edu/catalog/ 98 /conflict-of-interest-in-medical-research
-education-and-practice.
 7. trans fat be phased out: “Final Determination Regarding Partially
Hydrogenated Oils,” Federal Register, June  7 ,  0 , https://www.federalreg

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