WASHINGTON — In the first major change to the nutrition labels on packaged foods since they were established in 1993, the government announced Wednesday that it would require food companies to list ...
Between 2011 and 2014, more than 150 class-action lawsuits were filed because of food-labeling practices. Yet Kind is hardly the first to print misleading claims on its packages. In 2009, Kellogg was ...
Congress created mandatory nationwide food labels, and it is Congress that has a responsibility to ensure they don’t stray from their original purpose of providing valid health and safety information ...
The wars over food labeling are intense and getting more so. Should there be labels identifying genetically-modified ingredients? Given the mounting evidence that health risks of sugar are worse than ...
A newly launched nonprofit project called FoodPrint.org aims to help consumers make informed purchasing decisions at the grocery store by presenting information on how food items travel through the ...
WASHINGTON — Nutrition facts labels on food packages are getting a long-awaited makeover, with calories listed in bigger, bolder type and a new line for added sugars. And serving sizes will be updated ...