Originally Posted by Andrew R Stewart

Think of the food terms like "natural", "green", "organic" and others. Only after these terms became so wide spread and industry & consumer groups petitioned the governing bodies were industry wide guidelines created. Until this step these terms were used without concerns by many food producers. Even today I doubt that the public could describe the differences without being told first and I suspect these terms are still found on packaging where the product isn't fully following the guidelines. The chance of being caught and that becoming a "scandal" is real small, especially for the not huge producers.