FDA shuts New Jersey bakery for sugar in "sugar free" treats

So much for The Sound of Mucus ditty “A spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down”

Perfect example of the Federal Government overstepping its boundries. Start eliminating useless agencies. This should have been a state, not Federal issue. Don’t fund their intention to purchase millions of dollars worth of sugar and make them payback the millions for how to get food stamps commercials shown in Mexico.

Could kill just as effectively as poison. The food supply control sucks.

IVDad — Are you seriously suggesting there should be 50 separate lawsuits instead of one ordere? That 50 different government agencies should test this food in 50 different laboratories? Are you that fond of government waste, or just that eager to see harm done to people?

ErnestPayne – it was in Mary Poppins that “spoonful of sugar” was sung.

IVDAD – I have to agree with TomDestry here. Why shouldn’t the federal government be able to prosecute this fraud and danger – and yes, it is a danger. Someone who is diabetic could be led down a very dangerous path of eating sugary “sugar free” treats. Same goes for the person with no gall bladder who indulges in the fatty “fat free” treats. This isn’t Bloomberg trying to take away your 32 ounce soda at the movies – it’s protecting people from misinformation and what could be serious danger to some. Although, it does remind me of the “Seinfeld” episode with the fat free frozen yogurt… ;-)

Right you are t8 (correct singer – wrong movie)and I agree wholeheartedly with your opinion. Correct labeling of ingredients can, literally, be a lifesaver.

The bakery said it had been under observation for TWO YEARS for errors like this to be corrected. How long does it take to alter a recipe? And why didn’t the FDA act a lot sooner than this?

I wonder how many folk were seriously damaged by their goods, in those two years.