FDA has issued a supplemental proposed rule that would make two minor changes to the Nutrition Facts label on food products: It would require declaration of the percent daily value (%DV) for added sugars and change the current footnote on the Nutrition Facts label.
When the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued its final determination June 16, giving the food industry three years to remove artificial trans fat from its products, the industry had already made huge advances in finding substitutes.
The avian flu outbreak that has devastated poultry and egg operations in the Midwest has united the Obama Administration and GOP-controlled Congress in an effort to extend aid to hard-hit producers.
Some food producers and manufacturers are taking issue with the federal government’s 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) recommendations that were issued in mid-February.