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62 relations: Angel dusting, Animal husbandry, Antioxidant, Better Business Bureau, Brine, Broth, California Unfair Competition Law, Calorie, Carbohydrate, Chemical substance, Commerce Commission, Consumer, Consumer protection, Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008, Contract, Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, Daily Mail, Department for the Economy, Egg carton, Fair Trading Act 1986, Federal Trade Commission, Filler (animal food), Fine print, Food coloring, Food marketing, FTC regulation of behavioral advertising, Ham, Hamburger, Health, Health effects of tobacco, International Chamber of Commerce, Lanham Act, Legal technicality, Lexmark International, Inc. v. Static Control Components, Inc., Lord Advocate, Malt, Mouthfeel, Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990, Office of Fair Trading, Organic food, Peanut butter, Phytochemical, POM Wonderful LLC v. Coca-Cola Co., Puffery, Radioactive decay, Reference Daily Intake, Resort fee, Rice Krispies, Salt, Serving suggestion, ..., Solar wind, Sugar, Sugar substitute, Television advertisement, Trade Descriptions Act 1968, Trading Standards, TV dinner, Unfair Commercial Practices Directive 2005, United Egg Producers, University of Wisconsin Press, Viscosity, Weight loss. Expand index (12 more) »
Angel dusting
Angel dusting is the misleading marketing practice of including a minuscule amount of an active ingredient in a cosmetic, cosmeceutical, dietary supplement, food product, or nutraceutical, insufficient to give any measurable benefit.
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Animal husbandry
Animal husbandry is the branch of agriculture concerned with animals that are raised for meat, fibre, milk, eggs, or other products.
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Antioxidant
Antioxidants are molecules that inhibit the oxidation of other molecules.
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Better Business Bureau
The Better Business Bureau (BBB), founded in 1912, is an organization focused on advancing marketplace trust, consisting of 106 independently incorporated local BBB organizations in the United States and Canada, coordinated under the Council of Better Business Bureaus (CBBB) in Arlington, Virginia.
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Brine
Brine is a high-concentration solution of salt (usually sodium chloride) in water.
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Broth
Broth is a savory liquid made of water in which bones, meat, fish, or vegetables have been simmered.
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California Unfair Competition Law
In addition to federal laws, each state has its own unfair competition law to prohibit false and misleading advertising.
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Calorie
A calorie is a unit of energy.
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Carbohydrate
A carbohydrate is a biomolecule consisting of carbon (C), hydrogen (H) and oxygen (O) atoms, usually with a hydrogen–oxygen atom ratio of 2:1 (as in water); in other words, with the empirical formula (where m may be different from n).
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Chemical substance
A chemical substance, also known as a pure substance, is a form of matter that consists of molecules of the same composition and structure.
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Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission is a New Zealand government agency charged with enforcing legislation that promotes competition in the country's markets and prohibits misleading and deceptive conduct by traders.
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Consumer
A consumer is a person or organization that use economic services or commodities.
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Consumer protection
In regulatory jurisdictions that provide for this (a list including most or all developed countries with free market economies) consumer protection is a group of laws and organizations designed to ensure the rights of consumers, as well as fair trade, competition, and accurate information in the marketplace.
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Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008
The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 is a statutory instrument in the United Kingdom made under the European Communities Act 1972.
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Contract
A contract is a promise or set of promises that are legally enforceable and, if violated, allow the injured party access to legal remedies.
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Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (Oifis an Ard-Ghnìomhachas agus Seirbheis Neach-casaid an Ard-Ghnìomhachas, Croun Office an Procurator Fiscal Service) is the independent public prosecution service for Scotland, and is a Ministerial Department of the Scottish Government.
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Daily Mail
The Daily Mail is a British daily middle-marketPeter Wilby, New Statesman, 19 December 2013 (online version: 2 January 2014) tabloid newspaper owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust and published in London.
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Department for the Economy
The Department for the Economy (DfE, An Roinn Geilleagair) is a devolved Northern Ireland government department in the Northern Ireland Executive.
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Egg carton
An egg carton (also known as an egg box in British English) is a carton designed for carrying and transporting whole eggs.
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Fair Trading Act 1986
The Fair Trading Act 1986 is a statute of New Zealand.
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Federal Trade Commission
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is an independent agency of the United States government, established in 1914 by the Federal Trade Commission Act.
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Filler (animal food)
In processed animal foods, a filler is an ingredient added to provide dietary fiber, bulk or some other non-nutritive purpose.
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Fine print
Fine print, small print, or "mouseprint" is less noticeable print smaller than the more obvious larger print it accompanies that advertises or otherwise describes or partially describes a commercial product or service.
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Food coloring
Food coloring, or color additive, is any dye, pigment or substance that imparts color when it is added to food or drink.
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Food marketing
Food marketing brings together the food producer and the consumer through a chain of marketing activities.
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FTC regulation of behavioral advertising
The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has been involved in oversight of the behavioral targeting techniques used by online advertisers since the mid-1990s.
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Ham
Ham is pork from a leg cut that has been preserved by wet or dry curing, with or without smoking.
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Hamburger
A hamburger, beefburger or burger is a sandwich consisting of one or more cooked patties of ground meat, usually beef, placed inside a sliced bread roll or bun.
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Health
Health is the ability of a biological system to acquire, convert, allocate, distribute, and utilize energy with maximum efficiency.
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Health effects of tobacco
Tobacco use has predominantly negative effects on human health and concern about health effects of tobacco has a long history.
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International Chamber of Commerce
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC; French: Chambre de commerce internationale) is the largest, most representative business organization in the world.
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Lanham Act
The Lanham (Trademark) Act (codified at et seq.) is the primary federal trademark statute of law in the United States.
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Legal technicality
The term legal technicality is a casual or colloquial phrase referring to a technical aspect of law.
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Lexmark International, Inc. v. Static Control Components, Inc.
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Lord Advocate
Her Majesty's Advocate, known as the Lord Advocate (Morair Tagraidh, Laird Advocat), is the chief legal officer of the Scottish Government and the Crown in Scotland for both civil and criminal matters that fall within the devolved powers of the Scottish Parliament.
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Malt
Malt is germinated cereal grains that have been dried in a process known as "malting".
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Mouthfeel
Mouthfeel refers to the physical sensations in the mouth caused by food or drink, as distinct from taste.
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Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990
The Nutrition Labeling and Education Act (NLEA) (Public Law 101-535) is a 1990 United States Federal law.
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Office of Fair Trading
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) was a non-ministerial government department of the United Kingdom, established by the Fair Trading Act 1973, which enforced both consumer protection and competition law, acting as the United Kingdom's economic regulator.
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Organic food
Organic food is food produced by methods that comply with the standards of organic farming.
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Peanut butter
Peanut butter is a food paste or spread made from ground dry roasted peanuts.
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Phytochemical
Phytochemicals are chemical compounds produced by plants, generally to help them thrive or thwart competitors, predators, or pathogens.
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POM Wonderful LLC v. Coca-Cola Co.
POM Wonderful LLC v. Coca-Cola Co., (2014), was United States Supreme Court case that held that a statutory private right of action under the Lanham Act is not precluded by regulatory provisions of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
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Puffery
In everyday language, puffery refers to exaggerated or false praise.
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Radioactive decay
Radioactive decay (also known as nuclear decay or radioactivity) is the process by which an unstable atomic nucleus loses energy (in terms of mass in its rest frame) by emitting radiation, such as an alpha particle, beta particle with neutrino or only a neutrino in the case of electron capture, gamma ray, or electron in the case of internal conversion.
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Reference Daily Intake
The Reference Daily Intake (RDI) is the daily intake level of a nutrient that is considered to be sufficient to meet the requirements of 97–98% of healthy individuals in every demographic in the United States.
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Resort fee
A resort fee, also called a facility fee, a destination fee, an amenity fee, an urban fee, or a resort charge, is a separate mandatory fee that a guest is charged by an accommodation provided in addition to a base room rate.
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Rice Krispies
Rice Krispies (also known as Rice Bubbles in Australia and New Zealand) is a breakfast cereal marketed by Kellogg's in 1927 and released to the public in 1928.
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Salt
Salt, table salt or common salt is a mineral composed primarily of sodium chloride (NaCl), a chemical compound belonging to the larger class of salts; salt in its natural form as a crystalline mineral is known as rock salt or halite.
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Serving suggestion
Serving suggestion is a disclaimer used on food packaging.
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Solar wind
The solar wind is a stream of charged particles released from the upper atmosphere of the Sun, called the corona.
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Sugar
Sugar is the generic name for sweet-tasting, soluble carbohydrates, many of which are used in food.
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Sugar substitute
A sugar substitute is a food additive that provides a sweet taste like that of sugar while containing significantly less food energy.
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Television advertisement
A television advertisement (also called a television commercial, commercial or ad in American English, and known in British English as a TV advert or simply an advert) is a span of television programming produced and paid for by an organization.
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Trade Descriptions Act 1968
The Trade Descriptions Act 1968 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which prevents manufacturers, retailers or service industry providers from misleading consumers as to what they are spending their money on.
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Trading Standards
In the United Kingdom, Trading Standards are the local authority departments, formerly known as Weights and Measures, that enforce consumer protection legislation.
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TV dinner
A TV dinner (also called prepackaged meal, ready-made meal, ready meal, frozen dinner, frozen meal and microwave meal) is a pre-packaged frozen or chilled meal that usually comes as an individual portion.
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Unfair Commercial Practices Directive 2005
The Unfair Commercial Practices Directive regulates unfair business practices in EU law, as part of European consumer law.
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United Egg Producers
United Egg Producers (UEP) is a Capper–Volstead agricultural cooperative in the United States which represents the interests of American egg producers.
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University of Wisconsin Press
The University of Wisconsin Press (sometimes abbreviated as UW Press) is a non-profit university press publishing peer-reviewed books and journals.
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Viscosity
The viscosity of a fluid is the measure of its resistance to gradual deformation by shear stress or tensile stress.
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Weight loss
Weight loss, in the context of medicine, health, or physical fitness, refers to a reduction of the total body mass, due to a mean loss of fluid, body fat or adipose tissue or lean mass, namely bone mineral deposits, muscle, tendon, and other connective tissue.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_advertising
