Chocolate
In the worldwide scheme of things, not a big issue, but the Grocery Manufacturers Association has petitioned the FDA to loosen its standards on what is considered chocolate, to include vegetable oils in the place of cocoa butter and milk proteins in place of milk in milk chocolate. The FDA is taking public comments only until April 25, 2007.
Here's a news article from the Seattle Times: http://tinyurl.com/2xd6yu
http://DontMessWithOurChocolate.com is website devoted to keeping chocolate standards high (note, it's run by Guittard Chocolate Company, not a comsumer group).
And http://tinyurl.com/38d35c is the FDA site where you can comment on the petition.
I'm including the tinyurls I created, so if you want to email this to folks, you don't have to deal with URLs splitting in the middle (the FDA site URL is especially huge).
Here's a news article from the Seattle Times: http://tinyurl.com/2xd6yu
http://DontMessWithOurChocolate.com is website devoted to keeping chocolate standards high (note, it's run by Guittard Chocolate Company, not a comsumer group).
And http://tinyurl.com/38d35c is the FDA site where you can comment on the petition.
I'm including the tinyurls I created, so if you want to email this to folks, you don't have to deal with URLs splitting in the middle (the FDA site URL is especially huge).