system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: Why are companies allowed to put misleading super-delicious-looking renders of their food on packaging and menus? Why aren't they required to put a realistic pic?

Isn't there a law against false advertising? Isn't the concept of getting food artists to make a fast food cheeseburger look like the best thing you'll ever eat instead of a morose processed lump legally dubious at best, if not morally questionable?
gpt
There's a difference between an artistic rendering and the live product. There are no federal or state legislations that require that the image sold should look perfectly like the image displayed.

Now what the product has in it is different, it must contain all necessary items that are advertised for FDA and Dietary regulations to apply. You can't sell things to people without knowing exactly what's in them.