[Mase]

I always read food labels. Ingredients are supposed to be listed from the largest to the smallest. It seems to me these are often not listed in order so as to trick the consumer

To trick the consumer? Good grief, what a bunch of hooey. On a product label, the ingredients are listed in order of predominance. If they are not in the proper order then the manufacturer is subject to massive fines and will labor in the future under the FDA microscope. No manufacturer in their right mind wants that. Ingredient labeling is tightly regulated and manufacturers bend over backward to ensure they are correct. As usual, you're wrong.

[dennisw]

Here ya go moron---->>>>>>>

http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:AwqHW3ERlbgJ:www.fsis.usda.gov/news/Small_Plant_News_Sep2008/index.asp
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Take 10 for Labels
By Mary Gioglio
The next time you're preparing a label for a product and are ready to submit it to FSIS for approval, take ten! That's an extra ten minutes to review the 10 most common mistakes made on labels. Compare the contents of your label to the list below to make sure that all of the required information is included. Ten minutes now will save you a great amount of time in the future if you have to resubmit your label because it's been sent back to you unapproved due to errors.

Here is a listing of the 10 most common mistakes made on labels that FSIS has encountered when reviewing label applications.

1. There are problems with ingredient statements:
   • Single ingredients are not listed by common name (e.g., oil declared instead of vegetable oil, soy declared instead of soy flour, MSG declared instead of monosodium glutamate).
   • Component ingredients are not listed by common name (e.g., cheese declared instead of imitation cheese; ham declared instead of ham water added; beef declared instead of seasoned beef and binder product).
   • The order of predominance in the ingredients statement is incorrect.
   • There are ingredients declared in the ingredients statement that are not in the formulation and vice-versa.
   • Multi-ingredient components are missing their sub-listings.
2. The formulation, processing procedure, and/or supporting documentation do not agree with, or validate, the information and/or claims on the label (e.g., a "lemon, thyme, pepper" claim on the label but the formulation does not indicate that the spices contain thyme and pepper).
3. Either the entire label is illegible or portions of the label are illegible.
4. The label is incomplete because all required labeling features are not provided.
5. Product standards are not met.
6. The product name is incorrect (e.g., "BBQ" on the label of a sauce with beef product, yet, standard 9 CFR 319.80 or 319.312 is not met).
7. The product name word size is incorrect. This means that no word in a product name (i.e., a common or usual name, a standardized name, or a descriptive name) should be printed in letters that are less than one-third the size of the largest letter used in any other word of the product name.
8. A geographical claim is used on the label but the product is not actually produced in the claimed location (e.g., "St. Louis Toasted Breaded Beef Ravioli" on labeling of product manufactured in Portland, Oregon).
9. There are problems with nutrition facts:
   • The serving size is incorrect.
   • The servings per container are incorrect.
   • The wrong format is used.
   • There is improper rounding of the values.
10. Undefined nutrient content claims are used (e.g., leaner, low carbohydrates, very low in fat).

[dennisw]

http://www.auri.org/research/General%20Labeling%20Brochure.pdf