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About J. Peter Clark
Expertise
How various processed foods are made; ways to improve manufacturing; how to make a new food product.

Experience
Employment history: Research Engineer, U.S.Agricultural Research Service, Associate Professor Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech, Director of Research, Continental Baking Company, President, Epstein Process Engineering, Inc., Vice Presdent Technology, Fluor Daniel, Inc., Consultant to the Process Industries

Organizations: American Institute of Chemical Engineers (Fellow) Institute of Food Technologists, American Association of Cereal Chemists, American Association of Candy Technologists, American Society of Agricultural Engineers,

Publications: Several Encyclopedias (Kirk and Othmer, Chemical Technology; Food Science, Food Technology and Nutrition; Wiley Encyclopedia of Food Science and Technology; Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems); five books, two book chapters; numerous journals.

Education: BSChE Notre Dame PhD University of California, Berkeley

Awards: AIChE Food, Pharmaceutical and Bioengineering Division Award 1998

Clients: Major food processing and pharamaceutical companies.

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Food Engineering/Manufacturing - nutritional value on cookie packaging?

Expert: J. Peter Clark - 5/15/2009

Question
I notice that in the stores brand cookies have nutritional value , but yet if you go to the counters or bakery section the cookies will be in some form of container with no info on it. If i was to try to market a family cookie would i have to have nutritional packaging ? thank you

Answer
I am not a lawyer, but I believe the nutritional labeling requirement is federal and applies to food sold in interstate commerce. Food sold locally, as in a bakery or in-store deli, is probably exempt. In your case, it probably depends on how you want to market. Nutritional labeling can be a marketing advantage and is moving into other areas, such as restaurants, so you might look into it. You can develop the information by calculation or by analysis.

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