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FDA helps explain food labels and packaging terms

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) provides a reference guide explaining key food ingredient and packaging terms used in food labels, regulations and product information. The resource helps ...
JD Supra

FDA Updates Food Labeling Compliance Program: What It Means for Food Manufacturers

In June 2025, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a major update to its General Food Labeling Requirements Compliance Program—the first overhaul of this program since 2010. This ...

Revisions to Thai Food Labeling Regulations | FDA No. 474 and What to Check Before Exporting

Translating the label used in Japan into Thai and applying it for FDA registration. When exporting food to Thailand, this is ...
Food Safety News

FDA delays implementation of rule that would require new nutrition labeling

The FDA is delaying implementation of a rule that would require food companies to print nutritional information on the front labels of their products. The proposed rule was developed by President ...
UPI

FDA eases food dye enforcement on labels

Feb. 5 (UPI) --The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that it will not enforce regulations against "false or misleading" material on food labeling. The new plan would give manufacturers the ...
CNN

FDA delays when a final rule on what foods can be labeled as ‘healthy’ goes into effect

In December, the FDA finalized a rule that updates the nutritional requirements a human food item must meet to claim on its packaging that it is “healthy.” That rule was published with an effective ...
Medical Xpress

FDA 'healthy' label boosts sales of healthier snacks and commands price premium, study finds

"Healthy" food labels increased consumer selections of healthier snacks and consumers were willing to pay a premium for such labeled products, according to new research. In 2024, the FDA updated the ...
JD Supra

FDA Continues Push to Improve Food Labeling Practices in the United States

In September 2022, former President Biden convened the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health, during which the White House introduced its National Strategy on Nutrition and Health ...
Medical Xpress

FDA proposes new front-of-package food labels

Grabbing a quick snack might soon come with a little extra clarity. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed a new rule requiring bold, easy-to-read nutrition labels on the front of ...
safetyandhealthmagazine.com

FDA revises requirements for ‘healthy’ claim on food labels

The Food and Drug Administration has updated its definition of the nutrient-content claim “healthy” in an effort to give consumers access to “more complete, accurate and up-to-date nutrition ...
Washington Post

Americans might finally have to face what’s in their food

A grocery shopper at a Chicago store on Jan. 15. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) In the final days of the Biden administration, the Food and Drug Administration proposed a front-of-package food label that ...