Food label changes considered
Tuesday, November 18, 2014 12:25 pm A lot has changed in the American diet since the Nutrition Facts label was introduced in 1993 so the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposes making changes to both design and content of the food label. This is the first revision for the label since the FDA began requiring them. The primary goal of the proposed changes to the Nutrition Facts label is not to tell people what they should be eating, but to expand and highlight the information they most need when making food choices. Proposed changes include: The food industry will be given two years to comply after the publication of any final ruled governing the Nutrition Facts label. Do people use the food label to help make decisions? A USDA study shows that people use the label. The study showed 42% of working-age adults between 29 and 68 looked at the labels most or all of the time when shopping. Older people did better; 57% of Americans older than 68 uses the food label when shopping. More people than ever now use the label. In 2007, 34% of working-age adults looked at the label, and 51% of Americans older than 68 used the label.
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