The clock is turning back on a healthier U.S. food environment
If knowledge is power, then offering consumers information about what’s in their food supply is clearly a powerful way to improve the health of the nation — physically and economically. But several nutrition-related decisions lately have reduced your power to make informed decisions about the health of YOU and YOUR FAMILY, as well as the financial health of the country. We give the new Food and Drug Administration director a grade of “F” for what he’s doing for you and the quality of your food.
To counter the devastation current policy changes can trigger, it’s become even more of your responsibility to spot the hidden minefields in your food supply and to make informed decisions about keeping you and your family
healthy.
Labeling the Labeling Rollback for What It Is Last year the FDA established a new food labeling regulation; the deadline for implementation was set for July 26, 2018. The new regulation called for a nutrition label that made it easier to see
calories-per-serving info and, for the first time, it would let you know how much added sugar you’re getting in every serving.
Unfortunately, it was recently announced that implementation of the regulation is suspended indefinitely.