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Several federal agencies are involved in the business of warning labels, including the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. FBI warning labels have appeared in rented movies since 1975, discouraging consumers from engaging in video piracy.
(The Center Square) – The Food and Drug Administration is proposing front-of-package warning labels that detail the calorie, fat, sugar and salt content of processed food and drink products. Sen.
The warning notice displays the FBI seal defaced with a strip bearing the words "FBI ANTI-PIRACY WARNING", accompanied by a text warning of the illegality of unauthorized copying. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] The anti-piracy campaign was initiated following the passage by Congress of the Piracy Deterrence and Education Act of 2003 , which ordered the FBI to ...
Such warnings have been required in tobacco advertising for many years, with the earliest mandatory warning labels implemented in the United States in 1966. [1] Implementing tobacco warning labels has been strongly opposed by the tobacco industry, most notably in Australia, following the implementation of plain packaging laws.
Alcoholic drinks are a leading cause of cancer and should carry a warning about that risk on their label, the U.S. surgeon general said Friday. Alcohol is a factor in nearly 100,000 newly ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to decide whether federally mandated warnings on cigarette packs that graphically illustrate the health risks of smoking violate the ...
Increasing calls for the introduction of warning labels on alcoholic beverages have occurred after tobacco packaging warning messages proved successful. [4] The addition of warning labels on alcoholic beverages is historically supported by organizations of the temperance movement, such as the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, as well as by medical organisations, such as the Irish Cancer Society.
Consider California’s long-standing Prop 65, which requires businesses to attach warning labels to products known to cause cancer. As a result, the beer aisles in the state look a bit different.