Wednesday 16 July 2014

Proposed U.S. food label changes fall short, says former FDA head

By Anjali Athavaley NEW YORK (Reuters) - A proposal to overhaul nutrition labels on packaged foods sold in the United States does not go far enough to influence consumer choices and reduce obesity, a former U.S. Food and Drug Administration commissioner said in an article published on Wednesday. David Kessler, who served as the agency's commissioner in the 1990s when the original nutrition facts label was designed, wrote in the New England Journal of Medicine that the agency needs a strategy that goes beyond just altering labels. Under an FDA proposal released in February, labels would be updated for the first time in two decades, to display calorie counts more prominently and include amounts of added sugar. The FDA says the proposal also aims to ensure that the amount of calories listed per serving reflects the portions people usually eat. via Health News Headlines - Yahoo News Read More Here..

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