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Judge rules Vitaminwater lawsuit may proceed
  A federal judge has denied a motion by the Coca-Cola Co., Atlanta, to dismiss a lawsuit involving the labeling of Vitaminwater products....
 

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What Do You Lack? Probably Vitamin D
  Vitamin D promises to be the most talked-about and written-about supplement of the decade. While studies continue to refine optimal blood levels and recommended dietary amounts, the fact remains that a huge part of the population — from robust newborns to the frail elderly, and many others in between — are deficient in this essential nutrient...
 

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Consumer perception key in simple label claims
  How consumers perceive a product with a simple label may cause legal issues for food and beverage companies, even if the companies have followed government regulations...
 

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Kids' food, beverages market to reach $89.3 billion by 2015
  Growing health awareness, time constraints and the ensuing demand for functional and convenience foods has and will continue to drive growth and development of the kids’ food and beverage market, pushing total sales to nearly $90 billion in 2015...
 

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Soda taxes fizzle in wake of industry lobbying
  When Washington state passed a tax on soda and other sugary beverages in April, it seemed like momentum was building nationally for a new kind of tax. Washington's law, which imposes a tax of 2 cents for every 12 ounces of soda, came on the heels of similar actions in Maine and Colorado...
 

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Proposed B.P.A. ban complicates food safety bill
  An amendment to the Senate’s food safety bill, the Food Safety Modernization Act, S. 510, threatened to diminish what has been broad industry support for legislation strengthening the Food and Drug Administration and enhancing the nation’s food safety...
 

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Managing Consumer Litigation Before It Gets Started
  Every company that sells consumer products covets brand recognition. Companies that accomplish this need to have a plan to deal with something else that comes with the territory: consumer complaints.
 

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Will the Real Serrano Ham Please Stand Up?
  American producers, seeing the demand for serrano ham, responded with modern food technology to develop methods that produce the same product, but in a fraction of the time—and a fraction of the cost. In response, a Spanish trade group is petitioning various world bodies for a law prohibiting “Serrano ham” from appearing on anything but Spanish pork. And if that puts U.S. producers out of business and costs Americans’ jobs, so much the better.
 

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