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OTHERS SAY Not so smart choices

Posted: October 31, 2009 at 4:45 a.m.

Until a few days ago, the food industry was moving ahead with its program to label products such as Lucky Charms cereal and Ritz Bits Peanut Butter Chocolatey Blast crackers as nutritionally Smart Choices. But the U.S. Food and Drug Administration made threatening noises, and the industry has backed off for now. That indeed was a smart choice.

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Editorial, Pages 18 on 10/31/2009

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