Public health advocacy group pushes for labeling changes
The Food and Drug Administration is in the midst of revising the Nutrition Facts label on packaged food products, in an effort to make it convey more relevant information to consumers. In the background, interested parties are staking out their positions.
The Environmental Working Group, a public health advocacy group, is pushing for changes to make calories more prominent and highlight the presence of added sugar, fat and sodium. In the meantime, the group has launched its own rating system it says will make it easier to identify healthy food.