The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday proposed a new rule for nutrition labels on packaged food and drinks that’s intended to help Americans make healthier choices at a glance. Under the new ...

The US Food and Drug Administration is proposing nutrition information be placed on the front of packaged foods to provide at-a-glance information about saturated fat, sodium and added sugar. CNN — ...

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 ...

Lawmakers are considering several changes to fight the American obesity epidemic. One option involves a new food label. The proposed FDA Healthy label would go right on the front of the package. Any ...

What leads people to make better food choices? Is it price, availability, health attributes of the food or something else? This is the million-dollar question. The most common statement I hear from my ...

Marion Nestle is the author of seven books and a professor at NYU's Department of Nutrition, Food Studies and Public Health. This week she discusses the Food and Drug Administration's proposal to add ...

The FDA last overhauled its Nutrition Facts label in 2016. Now, a decade later, new food and beverage label changes are expected to roll out. What’s on your label? It may be changing soon. The Food ...

US-based provider of food-grade packaging ePackageSupply.com has unveiled a new free online tool, Nutrition Label Creator, to aid food brands in generating Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-compliant ...

The Food and Drug Administration is calling for new food labels for products containing sesame. The FDA doesn't have the legal power to label packages, but it can ask manufacturers to do so in draft ...

The Food and Drug Administration has delayed the deadline for food companies to adopt a new Nutrition Facts label on food and beverage packages. A design for the new label was unveiled by Michelle ...

A sample of the graphic warnings the FDA would require printed on cigarette packs and cartons. (Screenshot: FDA) A UNC researcher says the United States has a lot of catching up to do when it comes to ...