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The latest verdict from the Food and Drug Administration is that Cheerios is a drug. Parents, then, must be drug pushers. The FDA sent a warning to Cheerios maker General Mills Inc. that it is in serious violation of federal rules. "Based on claims made on your product's label, we have determined that your Cheerios Toasted Whole Grain Oat Cereal is promoted for conditions that cause it to be a drug because the product is intended for use in the prevention, mitigation, and treatment of disease" the FDA letter said. "[Cheerios] may not be legally marketed with the above claims...

Based on the long-time claim by General Mills that its Cheerios cereal can lower cholesterol by 4 percent in just six weeks — when part of a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol, of course — the Food and Drug Administration has admonished the giant breakfast cereal producer and said those claims mean the little round “o’s” of oats are to be considered a drug. Simply by indicating the cereal is intended for use as a cholesterol-lowering product, it now falls under the FDA regulations regarding drugs, and because it’s a “new” drug by definition — never mind that...

NEEDHAM, Mass. – A Massachusetts man may wish he had breakfast in bed instead of in his car. Police said a man who was stopped for erratic driving on Central Avenue last week was eating a bowl of cereal and milk while he drove. He told officers he was hungry. ... Schlittler didn't know what kind of cereal the driver was eating.

No need to worry about mass-murdering terrorists − the government is scaling back surveillance of overseas communications and planning to close Guantanamo. No need to worry about nuclear weapons in the hands of unstable tyrants in North Korea and Iran − the government is scaling back our nuclear weapons. No need to worry about drug-dealing street gangs − the government is scaling back the already inadequate control of our borders. If the government no longer worries about these problems, why should we? So rest easy. You need not fear to go out tonight, lest Martha Stewart accost you and offer...

Police in Needham pulled over a man who was allegedly driving while trying to eat a bowl of cereal - with milk, according to Wicked Local Needham. The 48-year-old driver, who is from Needham, was apparently spotted driving erratically by other drivers. According to the report, callers told police the driver was "all over the road." He was crossing over the double yellow line and tailgating other vehicles. When police finally pulled the man over, they allegedly found a bowl of cereal with milk, which was still cold, inside the car, the site reports. The man told police he was...

WASHINGTON — Popular U.S. breakfast cereal Cheerios is a drug, at least if the claims made on the label by its manufacturer General Mills are anything to go by, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has said. "Based on claims made on your product's label, we have determined that your Cheerios Toasted Whole Grain Oat Cereal is promoted for conditions that cause it to be a drug," the FDA said in a letter to General Mills which was posted on the federal agency's website Tuesday.

May 13, 2009 WARNING LETTER CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED Mr. Robert F. Pasin President and CEO Radio Flyer, Inc. 6515 W. Grand Ave. Chicago, IL 60707 Dear Mr. Pasin: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has reviewed the markings of your Radio Flyer Classic Wagon and your Radio Flyer Retro Rocket Ride-On. FAA’s review found serious violations of the Federal Aviation Act and of the International Civil Aviation Organisation’s resolutions 900.564.0004.1 (b) and 900.782.00230.1 (s). You can find copies of the Act and the FAA’s website, http://www.faa.gov. The ICAO’s resolutions may be found at http://www.icao.int. UNAUTHORIZED AIRCRAFT Based on claims...

I’m madder than Count Chocula at a convention of diabetic dentists! Now I’ve heard everything! Seems the Government wants to call Cheerios a “drug”! I thought it might be because breakfast cereal has so much sugar, but it’s some stupid thing about it being a cholesterol medicine, and how big the printing is on the box or whatever. I can’t figure it out, myself, but I’ve seen little kids scarfing down Cheerios like crazy so maybe it IS a drug! Little no-neck monsters leave them tossed around our church every Sunday, too, dammit. Every time I sit in a pew...

May 5,2009 WARNING LETTER CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED Refer to MIN 09 -18 Ken Powell Chairman of the Board and CEO General Mills One General Mills Boulevard Minneapolis, Minnesota 55426 Dear Mr. Powell: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has reviewed the label and labeling of your Cheerios® Toasted Whole Grain Oat Cereal. FDA's review found serious violations of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the Act) and the applicable regulations in Title 21, Code of Federal Regulations (21 CFR). You can find copies of the Act and these regulations through links in FDA's home page at http://www.fda.gov....

When you put Democrats in charge, stupid things happen. Remember those words. Every few days you will see something on the news to remind you that they are true. Like Cheerios. The new Democrat-controlled Food and Drug Administration has decided that Cheerios are a drug and are under its control. That’s one of the dominant themes of Change You Can Believe In. Control. The government takes control, you lose control. The government gets more powerful, you get less free. Now it extends to breakfast cereal. Having taken over General Motors, now the Democrats want to take over General Mills. At...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent a warning letter to General Mills Inc. last week asking it to change how it promotes the health benefits of Cheerios. The FDA told General Mills to stop promoting Cheerios, the country’s best-selling cereal, as a product that can lower cholesterol levels, reduce heart disease and reduce the risk of cancer. The agency said that claiming the cereal can lower cholesterol levels by 4 percent in six weeks amounts to marketing it as a drug and violates the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. A local branch of the FDA gave the Minnesota-based...

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You may or may not have pondered why your breakfast cereal tends to clump together or cling to the sides of a bowl of milk. Now there is an easy explanation. Dubbed the Cheerio Effect by scientists, this clumping phenomenon applies to anything that floats, including fizzy soda bubbles and hair particles in water after a morning shave. The effect has been known for some time, but an explanation for non-scientists has been lacking. Dominic Vella, a graduate student now at Cambridge University and L. Mahadevan, a mathematician from Harvard University, decided to change that. In a study that appears...