FDA labeling is required on many foods sold in the U. S. The United States Food and Drug Administration enforces the policy, as mandated by the Federal Food Drug and Cosmetics Act. But have you ever wondered just what these labels tell you? Read on for some useful information.

The debt collection authorities have begun proceedings against former builder Boaz Yona, who hasn’t been paying compensation to home-buyers left bereft of roof or money when his construction company Heftsiba collapsed. Yona was convicted in November 2008 of a slew of offenses, including fraud, and theft, which left many apartment buyers without their money and the home they’d paid for.

Last month, Manuel and Luz Fausto won one of the largest collection awards documented in the last couple of years under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) against Credigy Services Corporation. A California jury awarded the Faustos $500,000 in damages caused from harassment by Credigy collectors. Of the sum, granted $100,000 was for actual damages the Faustos experienced, while $400,000 was in punitive damages, granted for malicious and reckless disregard of the couples rights. According to one of the Faustos lawyers, David Humphreys of Humphreys Wallace Humphreys, P.C., and the case stemmed from a debt on a Wells Fargo charge card opened in 1992.