The new food nutrition label. FDA When do these changes go into effect? Large food manufacturers with more than $10 million in annual revenue were required to make the switch by Jan. 1, 2020.

The FDA’s new, same-old food labels demand better obesity solutions by Richard Williams, opinion contributor - 01/30/25 10:00 AM ET ...

The century-old voluntary system of labeling has produced different dating systems, which don’t tell consumers what they most need to know. Reps. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Dan Newhouse (R ...

So if a food contains 5 grams of fiber, the old label would have listed 20 for the percent daily value. The new label would have 18 percent for the percent daily value.

Michael Jacobson is the grand old man of food labels. He's executive director of the watchdog group Center for Science in the Public Interest . "Twenty years ago, we led the effort to get ...

July 23, 2015 -- Consumers have become deeply distrustful of their food. There’s Samantha Adams, who had her “aha moment” when she happened to read the label of the barbecue sauce she was ...

Decode which foods should come home with you. A shopper reads the label on a package of non-dairy creamer at the Walmart Neighborhood Market in Panorama City, California, Sept. 28, 2012. ROBYN ...

Earlier this month, the Food Marketing Institute and Grocery Manufacturers Association announced they would voluntarily streamline date labels and begin using two standard phrases: “best if used by” ...

Americans trash an estimated 40% of viable food—upwards of 160 billion pounds per year—and misunderstandings about food date label comprises 20% of consumer food waste, based on a British study.

Kale Wietfeld is an 8-year-old who rarely eats food that hasn’t been prepared by his family. He cannot safely eat in restaurants. At school in Leigh, Nebraska, he sits alone at a lunch table set ...

Carla Lam knows just how dangerous a food allergy can be. “I’m always worried,” she said about her 12-year-old daughter, Emma. “I’m always thinking of her.” ...