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“Members of Congress have introduced the TRUTH in Labeling Act – short for Transparency, Readability, Understandability, Truth and Helpfulness – that would direct the Food and Drug Administration to develop new front-of-package labels for foods and beverages sold in the U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., and Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said the bill ensures foods have

“The Food and Drug Administration is encouraging restaurants to voluntarily include added sugars in the nutritional information on menus. In draft guidance issued Wednesday, the agency said when it finalized the menu labeling rule in 2014, the additional written nutrition information was aligned with the nutrition information required in the Nutrition Facts Label. In 2016, FDA

“The Sugar Association has presented a new argument in the ongoing public debate over how much sugar Americans should be told to consume in their daily diet… Specifically, the group, which represents US sugar beet and sugar cane farmers, processors, and refiners, argues that while dietary recommendations for nutrients like sugar should be based on

“The second annual National Real Sugar Day was a celebration of people: those who grow sugarbeet and sugar cane crops and work in the American sugar industry, and everyone who enjoys eating, baking and cooking with real sugar. After its successful debut on the National Day Calendar last year, the event has grown in scope and purpose. The theme

“The FDA on Monday held a five-hour virtual public meeting that basically posed the questions: How should the federal government best help American consumers cut back on added sugars? The consensus was pretty clear: American are consuming too much added sugars… On the flip side, I didn’t hear any discussion of the fact that added

Brief comments from dozens of organizations were submitted as video presentations or delivered live virtually for the third public meeting of the DGAC held Sept. 12-13. […]