________________________________ From: Margo Wootan [[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2012 11:12 AM To: [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask] Subject: NY Times story on menu labeling There is a good story on the front page of the NY Times today about menu labeling and other scientific disagreements between the FDA and the White House: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/03/health/policy/white-house-and-fda-at-odds-on-regulatory-issues.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&hp#. It lays out how the White House has let politics stand in the way of science-based decisions, including on menu labeling, and how the President has not met this pledge: Mr. Obama signed a presidential memorandum pledging to restore scientific integrity to government decision-making and to listen to scientists “even when it’s inconvenient — especially when it’s inconvenient. Margo G. Wootan, D.Sc. Director, Nutrition Policy Center for Science in the Public Interest 1220 L Street, NW, Suite 300 Washington, D.C. 20005 202-777-8354 202-265-4954 (fax) [log in to unmask] www.cspinet.org/nutritionpolicy<https://mail.hunter.cuny.edu/owa/UrlBlockedError.aspx> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If you wish to unsubscribe from the NFS-L List, please send an E-mail to: "[log in to unmask]". Within the body of the text, only write the following:"SIGNOFF NFS-L".