{"id":1520,"date":"2011-08-04T15:36:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-04T15:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/ncl_continues_to_denounce_the_corn_refiners_association_s_petition_to_mask_high_fructose_corn_syrup_using_ldquo_corn_sugar_rdquo\/"},"modified":"2020-07-07T10:58:48","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T10:58:48","slug":"ncl_continues_to_denounce_the_corn_refiners_association_s_petition_to_mask_high_fructose_corn_syrup_using_ldquo_corn_sugar_rdquo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/ncl_continues_to_denounce_the_corn_refiners_association_s_petition_to_mask_high_fructose_corn_syrup_using_ldquo_corn_sugar_rdquo\/","title":{"rendered":"NCL continues to denounce the Corn Refiners Association&#8217;s petition to mask High Fructose Corn Syrup using &ldquo;Corn Sugar&rdquo;  &#8211; National Consumers League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- content_before_flip_start --><\/p>\n<p>August 3, 2011<\/p>\n<p><!-- content_before_flip_end --><\/p>\n<p>Contact: NCL Communications, (202) 835-3323,\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:media@nclnet.org\">media@nclnet.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Washington, DC<\/strong>&#8211; In a letter sent to the FDA today, the National Consumers League (NCL) continues to urge the FDA to oppose the Corn Refiners Associations\u2019 (CRA) petition to change the name of High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS), under the grounds that the name change would be contrary to public policy, inconsistent with emerging scientific evidence, and not in accordance with the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic act.<\/p>\n<p>There are a number of legitimate reasons why many consumers wish to avoid foods made with HFCS. The scientific community is actively researching the health effects of HFCS.\u00a0 Preliminary studies have shown that HFCS consumption may be linked with a number of adverse and interrelated diseases and health conditions, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure, obesity, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, fatty liver disease and certain forms of cancer. Leading medical authorities have noted the nature of the emerging research in the area.<\/p>\n<p>The FDA has a statutory responsibility to honor to ensure that consumers have the opportunity to exercise free choice in the marketplace without being misled by confusing name changes designed to hide the identify of ingredients contained in a food product.<\/p>\n<p>Consumers rely on FDA to ensure honesty and fair dealing in the marketplace without interference by commercial interests that claim to speak for the public.\u00a0\u00a0 Emerging scientific and nutritional studies are suggesting differences between high fructose corn syrup and sugar.\u00a0 If it should turn out that HFCS contributes to health problems, a regulatory decision allowing manufacturers to hide this ingredient from consumers would be a great disservice to the public and inconsistent with FDA\u2019s statutory mandate.<\/p>\n<p>To read the full letter, please click\u00a0<a href=\"images\/PDF\/crapetition.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>###<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the National Consumers League<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The National Consumers League, founded in 1899, is America&#8217;s pioneer consumer organization. Our mission is to protect and promote social and economic justice for consumers and workers in the United States and abroad. For more information, visit www.nclnet.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 3, 2011 Contact: NCL Communications, (202) 835-3323,\u00a0media@nclnet.org Washington, DC&#8211; In a letter sent to the FDA today, the National Consumers League (NCL) continues to urge the FDA to oppose [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1520"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1520"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10966,"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1520\/revisions\/10966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}