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STAT+: The FDA is testing new nutrition labels on the front of food packages

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Much of the Americas already has so-called front of package labels — small symbols printed on packaged foods that alert consumers when a food is high in certain unhealthy nutrients like sodium or saturated fat. But designing a label is harder than it looks, and nearly every country does it differently.

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How the FDA’s new nutrition labels could prod the food industry to get healthier 

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A new government proposal to display nutritional labels on the front of food packaging is aimed at helping Americans make more informed choices about what they eat. An eventual side effect, research and expert commentary suggests, could be nudging the food industry to make healthier food, too.

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Kellogg’s is going to war over Mexico’s nutrition label rules. A similar fight is coming to the U.S.

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A 2019 policy requires companies that make unhealthy foods to include warning labels on the front of any boxes they sell in Mexico to educate consumers about things like excess sugar and fat. MEXICO CITY — Kellogg’s is waging a war here over Tigre Toño and Sam el Tucán. Read the rest…

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Opinion: FDA’s plan to define “healthy” for food packaging: Better than the existing labeling anarchy, but do we really need it?

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” The proposed rules are a lot better than the labeling anarchy that currently exists. The FDA has announced the set of rules it proposes to enforce for manufacturers to claim that a food product is “healthy.” But here’s my bottom line: health claims are not about health. They are about selling food products.

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AYUSH, PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry organise conference on labelling and packaging provisions for ASU products

Express Pharma

AYUSH Committee, PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry organised a Conference on Labelling and Packaging Provisions for ASU products recently at PHD House, New Delhi. He also highlighted that a draft notification will soon be coming for the Industry on the indication of packaging.

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Eco-conscious packaging: A strategic opportunity

Express Pharma

The impact of packaging is felt only when it does not do its job and therefore pharmaceutical companies have traditionally invested quite a bit on product packs, also using them as part of their branding strategy. sq mm of material – there is more than 20 per cent reduction of packaging material. per cent CAGR. Shivshankar S.R,

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Q&A: Why drafting new rules on ultra-processed foods is so hard

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That umbrella term covers a wide variety of packaged foods, from snacks carrying added sugar, salt, and saturated fat combined with preservatives for shelf life, additives for flavor, colorants for eye appeal, and chemicals like bisphenols in the packages themselves. But ultra-processed foods are not all the same.