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FDA’s plan to define ‘healthy’ for food packaging: Better than the existing labeling anarchy, but do we really need it?

The FDA has announced the set of rules it proposes to enforce for manufacturers to claim that a food product is “healthy.” The proposed rules are a lot better than the labeling anarchy that currently ...
LAist

Who can say it's healthy? The FDA has a new definition for food labels

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. At a time when more than half of the ...
Los Angeles Times

Avocados, salmon, strawberry yogurt: Which of these meets FDA’s new definition of a “healthy” food?

In an effort to improve American diets, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Thursday released a new definition of what it means for a food to qualify as “healthy.” Products like fruit-flavored ...
Prevention

The FDA Is Revisiting Its Definition of ‘Healthy’ Food

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Wednesday that it is proposing changes to its definition of “healthy.” The FDA’s definition of healthy defines criteria for when foods can use the word ...