Comment on FDA draft guidance on Dietary Guidance Statements

CSPI appreciates FDA’s efforts to encourage manufacturers to leverage food labels for the purpose of nutrition education with this draft guidance for industry titled "Questions and Answers About Dietary Guidance Statements in Food Labeling." In this draft guidance, FDA establishes a new category of claims for food labeling (“Dietary Guidance Statements”) and defines Dietary Guidance Statements as statements in food labeling that “represent or suggest that an individual food or food group may contribute to or help maintain a nutritious dietary pattern” and provides examples of Dietary Guidance Statements.

Comment to FDA on plant-based milk alternatives

In these comments the Center for Science in the Public Interest asks the Food and Drug Administration to ensure that any actions taken to clarify the labeling of plant-based milk alternatives prioritize public health, and to adopt a mandatory labeling disclosure requirement to inform consumers about nutritional differences between plant-based and dairy milks, as it first asked in 2019.

Comment on Request for Information re: Food Labeling in Online Grocery Shopping

CSPI applauds FDA for gathering information that it will use to help improve consumer access to consistent and accurate nutrition, ingredient, and allergen information for packaged foods sold through e-commerce.

Re: CPG Sec 555.250 DRAFT: Major Food Allergen Labeling and Cross-contact

Comment on FDA’s 30-day Notice Regarding Quantitative Research on Front of Package Labeling (FDA-2023-N-0155)

Food Labeling Modernization Act 2023 sign-on letter

The Food Labeling Modernization Act (FLMA) (H.R.2901/S.1289), introduced by Representative Frank Pallone and Senator Richard Blumenthal, along with Representative Rosa DeLauro and Senators Cory Booker, Ben Cardin, Ed Markey, and Sheldon Whitehouse, would increase transparency, encourage healthier product formulations, counter misleading food claims, and promote informed choices.

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Four reasons why the Food Labeling Modernization Act matters

Congress introduces legislation to give food labels a much-needed overhaul

The Food Labeling Modernization Act of 2023

Food labels can play an important role in promoting healthy eating and preventing diet-related diseases. Yet federal labeling rules have not kept up with the changing marketplace, and food labels do not always provide the simple, straightforward information that today’s consumers need to evaluate products and make healthy choices.