Actually, it is perfectly legal for at least some classes of products to
have inaccurate, incomplete labels. A company can change their
ingredients at any time, and continue using the old labels or packaging
until they are used up. With food products this can be a very long time,
6 months to a year at least. And it is perfectly legal.
Whether the above would apply to a product like Pedialyte or not I don't
know. But as a person with some bad allergies, I found out the hard way
that labels do not necessarily reflect the actual ingredients, and it is
perfectly legal. Gee, I am SO glad the FDA makes sure labels are
accurate. NOT! This doesn't mean the FDA should do this, only that if it
claims to do so, and doesn't, that is where serious problems can arise
for the consumer. Between the USDA and the FDA we are supposed to have
accurate labelling, but the laws don't really insist on any such thing.
One can of course contact mfrs directly, but I have found at least of of
those to lie about ingredients. Caveat Emptor, isn't it?
sol
Marshall Dudley wrote:
jrowland wrote:
Unless they have recently modified the formula, Pedialyte contains
Aspartame.
There's this new-fangled tool for the Web: www.google.com , quite helpful
in dismissing 'rumors'.
jr
I don't think the ingredients on the label of a product could be construed as
a rumor. If it is inaccurate then the FTC and FDA could both prosecute the
company.
Marshall
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