Generally Recognized as Safe reform, food chemical safety reviews, and expanding the role of state agencies in the food ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued both draft and final guidance regarding food allergen labeling requirements. The draft guidance document, Questions and Answers Regarding Food ...

When Sugary Cereals Wear Health Halos Picture this. You're standing in the grocery aisle, staring at two boxes of cereal. One screams "healthy" in bold green letters across the front. The other says ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released its proposed rule on front-of-package (FOP) nutrition labeling. Announced on January 14, 2025, the proposed rule would add a requirement to ...

Did you know, that in 1850, President Zachary Taylor consumed contaminated food at a fundraising event, which ultimately led to his death? In this blog post, we dive into the history of food labels in ...

The Food and Drug Administration has been testing an array of ideas for new front-of-package nutrition labeling requirements that are due out this summer intending to reduce diet-related diseases. FDA ...

Sesame has joined the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's list of major food allergens and will soon be added to labels of packaged food to protect consumers. The eight initial food allergens that ...

The FDA has issued two guidance documents about food allergen labeling requirements to help the food industry meet the need to list any significant food allergen on the labels of FDA-regulated foods.

New directives from the USDA on the voluntary claim “Product of USA” include a significant change from past guidance. The new ...

As recently as 1993, the average buyer knew what they preferred between sweetened corn and oats for breakfast. They could walk into the store and pick their favourite cereal without giving it much ...