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FDA said manufacturers needed more time; Labels will now be required in December

Dressings for your dish. | Photo by Michael Rosenstein, CC. Click on image for license and information.

Dressings for your dish. | Photo by Michael Rosenstein, CC.

In the beginning, music industry watchers hailed subscription streaming services such as Spotify , MOG, Rdio, and Rhapsody as saviors of the industry, an alternative for listeners and labels to the tyranny of the 99-cent iTunes download. But artists weren't singing the same happy song.

At L.A.'s Digital Music Forum last week , Anu Kirk, a product lead at digital music service MOG, shared some bad news for musicians adapting to the current state of the music industry: "It sucks," he said.

Growing up we’re always told that it’s what’s on the inside that counts. And while that’s certainly true with respect to personal integrity, I’ve learned that when it comes to beverages, if your label doesn’t catch peoples’ attention, they may not get the chance to taste what’s inside. (Unless of course you have a sampling team in the store, which is still our primary marketing strategy.) One of my favorite ways to test the effectiveness of our labels is walking into a store and seeing if I can spot our brand in a cooler in the back.

A new review of popular multivitamins found that almost a third did not contain the amount of nutrients claimed in their labels.  After testing 60 multivitamins, researchers at ConsumerLab.com found many had either too much or too little of specific nutrients.

The FDA is issuing the first new sun block guidelines in over thirty years. Betty Nguyen reports, the goal is to reduce skin cancer by changing the labels on sunscreen products.

Study: Most don't read the labels, and lack of awareness of meds' ingredients leading to improper use -- and hospitalizations