Accuracy of imported ingredients

[porkfat]

I've had several experiences when buying imported foods from Mexico and Asia where the ingredients listed or the nutrition information is obviously wrong.

The latest two:

A brand of Japanese buckwheat noodles. Listed as no fiber. It obviously has flecks of wheat hulls and a nutty flavor with lots of fiber, and other brands reflect that.

Another odd one: Wang brand Korean sweet cake. A chewy cookie made with rice. It's ingredients list wheat flour, glutinous rice, malt syrup, cotton seed oil, sugar, sesame seed.

Do you see any animal ingredients? No! Then why does the nutrition information list that each cookie contains 7% of your daily allowance for cholesterol, only found in animal products?

I've called, emailed and written manufacturers and importers with errors and when confronted, they never respond. How do I change this?

[pax]

Well, yeah. And they completely overlook things like...POISON.

How dare they?

Seriously, I'd be happy just to get us to the point where we were actually shipping in safe food, I'd live with a few mystery numbers.

[SundaySous]

I think you want to call someone at US Food and Drug Administration.

[pennylane]

This happens to me all the time, and it is so aggravating. Like the fried tofu I get from the Chinese store. First of all, it's called "fried tofu", and secondly the stuff is glistening with grease, and yet lists no oil or fat whatsoever in the ingredients?!