The FDA is trying to find out why food companies use the labels they do. Food waste and food safety experts share what these labels mean and how to reduce food waste while making sure food is fresh.

The can of chickpeas in the pantry has a "best by" date that passed two weeks ago. The loaf of bread on the countertop boasts a "sell by" date of today. And then there's the Manchego cheese in the ...

The math it took to calculate the number of calories in your favorite snack involved a lot more guesstimation than you may think. The Food and Drug Administration began requiring standardized ...

You want your patients to eat healthier. But American food labels don’t make that easy. A few diet and nutrition specialists offer tips for teaching your patients about food labels — including updated ...

The agency issued designs for front-of-package lists that food companies would be required to include. By Andrew Jacobs The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday proposed requiring new nutrition ...

ATLANTA -- Front-of-package food labels that provide an overall rating of product healthfulness were most effective in getting consumers to shop for healthy products in an online grocery, according to ...

Ms. Morgan is a food systems consultant. Mr. Bittman is a former Opinion columnist and a special adviser on food at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. See more of our coverage in ...

As the FDA mulls interpretive food warning labels, a Georgetown University study shows these schemes have been powerless to halt obesity trends. In an attempt to tackle stubbornly high adult obesity ...

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