Sixteen food manufacturers received warning letters from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week for making misleading health claims on food packaging.

Several companies, including Diamond Foods, Fleminger, Pompeian, and Pom Wonderful, were cited for the use of misleading health claims in content created specifically for their Web sites.

As PR professionals take leadership roles within companies and as strategic counselors, they have a responsibility to not just create smart communications programs but to educate and inform the other facets ...