Reuters: Oddly Enough: FDA shuts New Jersey bakery for sugar in "sugar free" treats

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FDA shuts New Jersey bakery for sugar in "sugar free" treats Mar 17th 2013, 04:04 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News UPDATE 3-U.S. drugmaker admits misbranding AIDS appetite medicine Tue, Mar 5 2013 Related Topics Oddly Enough » Small Business » A view shows the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland August 14, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Jason Reed MONTCLAIR, New Jersey | Sun Mar 17, 2013 12:04am EDT MONTCLAIR, New Jersey (Reuters) - Federal authorities shut down a New Jersey bakery after finding sugar in its "sugar free" goods and saturated fat in its "fat free" treats, the Food and Drug Administration said on Friday. Butterfly Bakery Inc., in Clifton, which advertised its products as "Made with 100% Love," was shuttered on Wednesday after a federal judge approved a permanent injunction against it. The bakery was accused of unlawfully misbranding products as "sugar free" and "fat free" when they had as much as three times the amount of declared sugar and two times the amount of declared saturated fat, according to an FDA statement. "They have had repeated violations," FDA spokeswoman Tamara Ward told Reuters on Friday. "This is when we take action." Butterfly Bakery on its Facebook page said it had been under FDA scrutiny for nearly two years to correct the problem. It said three of its 45 items were cited for problems. The bakery was not immediately available for comment. (Reporting by Linda Federico-O'Murchu; Editing by Barbara Goldberg and Leslie Adler) Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (7) So much for The Sound of Mucus ditty "A spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down" Mar 18, 2013 12:59pm EDT  --  Report as abuse Perfect example of the Federal Government overstepping its boundries. Start eliminating useless agencies. This should have been a state, not Federal issue. Don't fund their intention to purchase millions of dollars worth of sugar and make them payback the millions for how to get food stamps commercials shown in Mexico. Mar 18, 2013 9:25pm EDT  --  Report as abuse Could kill just as effectively as poison. The food supply control sucks. Mar 18, 2013 12:51am EDT  --  Report as abuse See All Comments » Add Your Comment

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