Congressmen object to federal 'cereal killer' guidelines

Ninety-nine Members of Congress have written the Obama administration to protest proposed federal guidelines that would pressure food companies into changing their recipes or else suspending their advertisements on television shows watched by children.

A raft of freshmen Republicans signed a letter to the Secretaries of Agriculture and Health and Human Services, and the Federal Trade Commission, criticizing the Interagency Working Group that proposed the guidelines for failing to complete the necessary studies and for making “an attempt to regulate absent Congressional action.”