USDA Labeling--Do Food Labels Make a Difference?Food ManufacturersFood Production
Empirical studies have found mixed results on the efficacy of labels in educating consumers and changing consumption behavior. These studies highlight the observation that consumers often make hasty food choices in grocery stores and usually do not scrutinize food labels. Researchers from Purdue...
Opponents, including the Center for Food Safety, an advocacy group, are plaintiffs in federal court in San Francisco, suing USDA to stop the effectiveness of the new rules. If the court agrees that any of the plaintiffs' objections are valid, the court will temporarily, or permanently, ...
Carbon emissions labels for packaged food? As consumers increase demand for companies to reduce carbon emissions, one food ingredient company expects a label is coming for packaged food. Cargill CEO Dave MacLennan suggested at the National Grain and Feed Association conference last week that a...
Reports that the American Dietitians Association's Division of Government Affairs (DGA) responded to food labeling proposed by the Food and Drug Administration and the US Department of Agriculture earlier this year. Excerpts regarding ADA's comments on appropriate terms for use on food labels; Fat ...
USDA DELAYS DECISION ON ORGANIC FOOD LABELSCURT ANDERSON
USDA Should Drop Irradiation Labels, Food Group SaysIn December, meat processors won the right to zap food with gamma rays to kill bacteria after...Goldreich, Samuel
By PATRICK WHITTLE
Dietary assessments collect information on an individual’s food and beverage intake over a period of time that may be linked to a nutrition composition database and used to determine their intake of energy, nutrients, or other dietary components [1]. Dietary recalls, food frequency questionnaires...
Food Data Central, previously known as the National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, provides nutrient information for developing nutrition labels, supplying nutrient data for nutrition monitoring surveys and other nutrition research, guiding the decisions of health professionals, and shaping the ed...