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WASHINGTON, Feb. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Citizens for Health, one of the nation's most respected consumer action groups, has launched "Read Your Labels," a campaign to create awareness about many questionable ingredients and chemicals found in hundreds of grocery store products. As part of its ongoing efforts to promote better health and nutrition, the non-profit organization is encouraging every consumer to read the ingredients labels on the food products and beverages they buy....

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- As concerns grow around the controversial industrial sweetener, High Fructose Corn Syrup, one of the nation's most respected consumer advocacy groups, Citizens for Health, is sponsoring a petition to tell the US Food & Beverage industry that American families do not want the man-made ingredient in the products they buy. Its petition on FoodIdentityTheft.com is in response to a new campaign launched recently by the companies that make...

Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Citizens for Health, a consumer action group based in Washington D.C., recently filed a petition with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to focus on products that have concentrations of man-made high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) higher than 55 percent. The non-profit focuses on health activism to keep consumers informed. With this mission in mind, the goal of the petition is to protect consumers from the illegal use of HFCS...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Citizens for Health, one of the nation's oldest and most respected consumer action groups, has filed a petition with the Food & Drug Administration that seeks to protect consumers from the illegal use of the man-made sweetener High Fructose Corn Syrup (or HFCS) that contains concentrations of fructose above 55%. The FDA has only authorized the use of HCFS in foods and beverages at or below 55% fructose concentration - the level...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Misleading advertising and unproven scientific claims made about High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) are being called "Food Identity Theft" by Citizens for Health, one of the nation's oldest and most respected consumer action groups. The non-profit organization is mobilizing its roster of over 100,000 Americans to denounce the $50 million ad campaign sponsored by the Corn Refiners Association (CRA) which implies that HFCS is the same as sugar, and...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Even as more American families are trying to make healthier diet choices, many duplicitous food makers are contributing to the spread of Food Identity Theft. Despite government safeguards and restrictions, dozens of food producers are misleading consumers with deceptive packaging or attempting to conceal questionable ingredients on labels. While some of the deceptions are subtle, others are much more serious. Some make claims that are simply...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- As the nation's food integrity is under attack by profit-hungry corporations, and consumers are being targeted by deceptive packaging practices, Citizens for Health, one of the nation's most respected consumer advocacy groups, has launched a new website, FoodIdentityTheft.com, to alert and inform Americans about misleading labeling on many food, beverage and health products. Since 1993, Citizens for Health, "the Voice of the Natural Health...

MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 22, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- James Turner, chairman of the national consumer education group Citizens for Health expressed shock and outrage after reading a new report from scientists at Duke University. "The report makes it clear that the artificial sweetener Splenda and its key component sucralose pose a threat to the people who consume the product. Hundreds of consumers have complained to us about side effects from using Splenda and this study, published this past...

By Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Splenda, a popular artificial sweetener, may cause stomach pains and other digestion problems and should be pulled from the U.S. market until more research can be done to assess its safety, consumer advocates said on Monday. In a petition to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Citizens for Health asked the agency to withdraw its approval of the zero-calorie sugar substitute pending further investigation of possible side effects. Splenda is...