European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 30, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes saturday september 30, 1978 Consumers feel labels mislead stateside House oks funds for Navy s lamps Iii copter Washington a do the labels on the foods you buy Tell you what you want to know a consensus seems to be emerging among interested Consumers that the answer is no. And the government which is asking for advice on its Labelling requirements May be ready to change the voluminous rules in an Effort to give shoppers uniform and use Ful information. The nationwide search for advice has heard a Parade of Consumers and Public in Terest groups demand a full list of ingredients on the labels of All processed foods and the relative amount of each ingredient perhaps in percentages. Some witnesses have told the three fed eral agencies involved that labels often waste space by providing unnecessary and at times misleading nutritional data. Most of those testifying at hearings in Washington this week have suggested dropping from nutrient labels the percentage of recommended daily allow ances of certain vitamins and minerals and substituting the Content of sugar Salt and possibly cholesterol. Certain nutritional information should be required on All processed foods the wit Nesses agree rather than Only certain categories of foods As is now required. The agencies involved Are the food and drug administration which regulates most foods on the Market the agriculture department which regulates red meat and poultry and the Federal Trade com Mission which polices food advertising. Food processes less enthusiastic about major Labelling changes Are urging the agencies to proceed with caution warning that increased Labelling costs will be passed on to the customer. Several groups including the National Consumers league and a number of Community action projects said the nutritional labels that now appear on Many foods were designed to assist buyers in an undernourished society whereas american shop pers More often face the problem of being overfed. Labels showing calories protein Carbo hydrate and fat Content As Well As seven essential nutrients Are now required by the Fra Only if the producer claims a nutritional value for his product or if the food is artificially fortified. Ingredients must be listed in descending order most prevalent first on All but so called standardized foods. Colors and Fla in u. Of Iowa studies Vors Don t have to be specifically identified. Standardized foods such As Mayonnaise and Ketchup need not list their ingredients but must conform to a Basic recipe Standard set by the Fra. One of the strongest pleas for full Gre diet Labelling came from Vicki Gelardi of Smithtown n.y., a spokeswoman for the Feingold association. The association consists largely of parents of hyperactive Chil Dren who believe they can control their children s behaviour through diet rather than the drugs often prescribed. Gelardi said some labels Border on fraud by failing to list traces of certain additives acquired during processing or by claiming to be All natural when they contain artificial colouring flavors an preservatives. We find out it s there when our children hit the ceiling she said. Washington a the House armed services committee has agreed to give the Navy almost full funding for a controversial helicopter program which the panel tried to kill earlier this year because of escalating costs. At Issue was the Cost of the so called lamps Iii anti submarine helicopter sys tem an aircraft designed to protect Navy ships by attacking enemy submarines up to 100 Miles away. The Pentagon now Esti mates the Cost of 200 helicopters at $3.5 Bil lion. The program is in the research and development stage and the helicopters an scheduled to go into production in 1982. 1 the Navy had requested $124.5 million for the program during the fiscal year be 1 ginning on sunday