Supplements aren’t reviewed for safety and effectiveness, but disclaimers about health benefits are required on products.

Food and drink products like potato chips, cereals and sodas may soon get front-of-package labels that warn of high levels of added sugars, salt or saturated fats. The Food and Drug Administration has ...

NEW YORK - Food companies are coming under renewed pressure to use less salt after U.S. regulators spelled out long-awaited guidelines aimed at reducing sodium levels in dozens of foods including ...

Most Americans are getting too much sodium in their diet. Here’s what the FDA is trying to do about it. Salt. It makes food taste good and is also used as a preservative. And while there’s nothing ...

With rising rates of obesity in the U.S. and increasing attention being paid to the health harms of processed foods, it’s clear that far more could be done to help consumers make healthy food choices.

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

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it would hold a hearing to consider a consumer group's petition that the agency tighten regulations and labeling for salt in ...

COLLEGE PARK, Md., Nov 29 (Reuters) - Public health advocates on Thursday called for tighter restrictions on salt content in food, arguing that cutting the nutrient's overuse by most Americans could ...