Earlier this month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposed food companies use new, front-of-package labels highlighting the levels of fat, salt and added sugar in their products. In issuing ...

Food manufacturers must meet new criteria to put "healthy" on a food product. The new rule goes into effect Feb. 25, 2025, with a compliance date in 2028. A new label on the front of food packages is ...

As part of National Food Safety Month, Hans Weding, Extension registered dietitian and certified ServSafe instructor who has led numerous food safety training courses for professionals in the food and ...

Food packaging is built to reassure shoppers. Certain words sound meaningful but often describe far less than people assume.

Food labels can communicate many things. In some countries, they highlight if a product is high in fat, salt or sugar. In others, they may promote benefits like added fibre or protein. But now, a new ...

California shoppers are about to see a quiet but sweeping change on grocery shelves: the familiar "sell by" date is being ...

For more than a century, the U.S. government has tried to bring more transparency to food labels. It started in 1906, when the Pure Food and Drug Act cracked down on mislabeled ingredients and false ...

You want your patients to eat healthier. But American food labels don’t make that easy. A few diet and nutrition specialists offer tips for teaching your patients about food labels — including updated ...

What should be included on food labels tends to be a topic which can be a hotly contested one depending who one asks about it ...

I wonder what the other grocery shoppers were thinking as I parked my cart and intently studied food packages the other day. I pulled my phone from my purse and browsed the Internet, looking for ...