Uh-oh. "The food industry is moving to capitalize on the Trump administration's anti-regulation agenda by seeking to delay or do away with Obama-era rules governing the disclosure of calories, sugar, fiber and serving Read More
Apr 28, 2017
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May 25, 2016
Why The Sugar Industry Hates the New Nutrition Facts Label
In this guest blog post for Scientific American, New York University's Dr. Marion Nestle hashes out the details and politics behind the updated Nutrition Facts Panel. Highlights: "The FDA actually began work on Read More
May 20, 2016
It’s Official: Added Sugars Will be Listed on the New Nutrition Facts Panel
Today's big news? The official announcement of the new Nutrition Facts Panel. Hands down, the most significant public health victory here is the inclusion of added sugars. You may recall that, for the past two years, Read More
Mar 08, 2016
The Trap of Industry-Facilitated Dialogue
Dr. Ruth Malone (Professor and Chair of the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco) penned this smart and terrific letter when, in 2013, she was invited by the Food Read More
Aug 06, 2015
Food Industry to Feds: “We Want to Keep Using Trans Fat”
“The food industry is asking the Food and Drug Administration to approve the continued use of partially hydrogenated oils in more than 50 different food categories, from your Thanksgiving stuffing mix to frozen pies and Read More
Jul 24, 2015
FDA’s New Proposed Added Sugar Limit Has Industry Seeing Red
Industry is not at all happy with the Food and Drug Administration's latest announcement (which we were more than pleasantly surprised to hear): a proposed Daily Value of 10% of total calories for added sugars on food Read More