The FDA has proposed a new definition of healthy and related terms for the purpose of food labeling. The current definition became effective in 1994 and focuses on limited levels of total fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, and sodium to establish a food as “healthy”. Under [...]
Updated June 13, 2017: Today FDA announced that they will extend the compliance dates for the new nutrition facts labels but they have not announced what the new dates will be. Here is the information published on the FDA website: "FDA Intends to Extend Compliance [...]
The agency has avoided the issue for years but on November 12, 2015 the FDA published a “Request for Information and Comments” on the use of the term “Natural” in the labeling of human food products Note that the general term "food" includes dietary supplements. [...]
Earlier this summer the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) launched the Dietary Supplement Label Database (DSLD). This website provides label information from supplement products marketed in the US. The database is easily searchable by ingredient, product name and company name and provides a summary [...]