From the Westwood-Century City Patch:
A $4 million gift to the UCLA School of Law will go
toward establishing a program to study and improve food law and policy, it was
announced Friday.
The Resnick Program for Food Law and Policy, said to be the first
program of its kind at a major law school, will explore ways to hasten
improvements in food safety, distribution and access, according to UCLA. The gift from the Resnick Family Foundation provides for as much as
another $3 million in matching endowment funds. Lynda and Stewart Resnick ,who
own such companies as POM Wonderful, Teleflora and FIJI Water, are longtime
supporters of UCLA. "Our goal with this donation is to help consumers better understand
exactly what they're eating,'' Stewart Resnick said. "It's also an opportunity
to improve the clarity and accuracy of food labeling and broaden access to
healthy food options. I'm very optimistic that this program can save lives.''...
Full story at http://centurycity.patch.com/groups/schools/p/ucla-establishes-food-law-program
But then there is this item (totally unrelated, I'm sure) from the Jan. 16 Wall St. Journal:
Federal regulators on Wednesday released their final ruling against
POM Wonderful LLC, makers of a popular pomegranate juice, saying ads for
the juice such as one headlined "Cheat death" made misleading claims
about the drink's health benefits. The ruling by the Federal Trade Commission, which has been battling
POM Wonderful since 2010, could also affect food and drink makers more
broadly because the agency detailed its standards for claims that a
product treats a disease. The FTC said POM's claims must be backed by
two randomized, controlled clinical trials, the same type of evidence
the Food and Drug Administration seeks when approving new drugs.POM's owners, Los Angeles billionaires and philanthropists Lynda and
Stewart Resnick, don't see anything final about the decision and intend
to fight on. "POM Wonderful categorically rejects the FTC's assertion
that our advertisements made any misleading disease treatment or other
health claims," said the company...
Full story at http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323468604578245740405648024.html
Anyway, it's a healthy gift:
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