NEW DELHI: As India is facing a growing epidemic of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular illnesses, which is primarily driven by unhealthy diets. 29 public ...

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Every day, Ghanaian families make decisions at the market: what snack to buy for the children, which drink goes into the ...

By Bukola Olukemi-OdeleNigeria is grappling with a rising tide of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and hypertension. These illnesses are often closely tied ...

The Food and Drug Administration wants to change how packaged food is sold in the U.S. In the waning days of the Biden administration, the agency has proposed requiring a new label on the front of ...

The agency’s proposed rule would require the display of a compact informational box containing certain nutrient information.

For more than a century, the U.S. government has tried to bring more transparency to food labels. It started in 1906, when the Pure Food and Drug Act cracked down on mislabeled ingredients and false ...

The way you see nutrition labels on food packaging is about to change. By 2025, new front-of-package labels will start appearing on grocery store shelves, and by January 2026, they'll be mandatory.

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Health and civil society organisations are calling on the government to formulate and implement a mandatory front-of-pack warning labels (FOPWLs) policy on infant food products sold in the country.