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

Burdensome food labeling mandates were once the province of Democrats, who pushed for calorie count requirements on ...

Eating nutritiously is practically a superpower. A healthy diet is linked to increased longevity, lower risk of depression and heart problems, better sleep and a host of other benefits. Nutrition ...

Nutrition labels may soon appear in the front of packages, in an effort to make it easier to buy healthier food and tackle chronic disease in the U.S. The Food and Drug Administration sent a proposal ...

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 ...

New rules from USDA’s Food Safety & Inspection Service (FSIS) take effect Jan. 1, 2026, regarding voluntary labeling that ...

Nutrition labels on your favorite grocery items may soon sport a new look. The Food and Drug Administration announced a new proposal Tuesday that would require food and drink manufacturers to place ...

The FDA will also work on a front-of-package labeling system. Foods that claim to be "healthy" on their packaging will soon be subject to a new set of labeling guidelines, part of an effort by the U.S ...

As both the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre and Safe Food Advocacy Europe release reports detailing how the food industry conveys information, calls for change emerge. In September 2022, ...

Find out how the change affects you. Proposed changes to the nutrition labels would be the FDA's first major change to the system in 20 years. Feb. 27, 2014— -- intro: When was the last time you ...

A deadline to recommend a single EU nutrition labelling scheme for food products by the end of this year now seems unlikely to be met. Just Food understands Nutri-Score, arguably the best known of the ...