How a legal loophole allows unsafe ingredients in US foods

12-Aug-2024 - heFoodand Drug Administration (FDA) is tasked with overseeing the safety of the U.S.foodsupply, setting requirements fornutritionlabeling, working with companies onfoodrecalls, and responding to outbreaks of foodborne illness. But when it comes to additives already in ourfoodand the ...

Food labeling is lacking in online grocery retailers

Nutrition facts, ingredient lists, and allergens—all FDA-required information on food labels—are frequently absent when shoppers buy food online

21-Jan-2022 - Online food retailers do not consistently display nutrition information on their websites—and U.S. laws are lagging behind in mandating the same labeling required for foods sold in brick-and-mortar stores, according to a new analysis by researchers from the NYU School of Global Public Health and ...

Taxing Sweetened Drinks by the Amount of Sugar Could Cut Obesity & Boost Economic Gains

10-Sep-2019 - New Analysis Finds Greater Health and Economic Benefits to Taxing Sugar Content Compared to Liquid Volume Taxing sugar-sweetened beverages by the amount of sugar they contain, rather than by the liquid volume of these drinks, as several U.S. cities currently do, could produce even greater health ...