It has been five long years since the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) began deliberating the adoption of a front-of-package label (FOPL) standard for the food and beverage sector, aimed at curbing the ...

Roughly nine years ago, while serving as Vice President for Food Safety at the world’s largest food retailer, I surveyed how many different date labels were used by food producers to convey that food ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — You see the labels all the time; Best by, sell by, use, or freeze by. This one was new to me, enjoy by. It seems like it's the kinder gentler way of telling you the rules. While the ...

With fewer standards in place, the information on your food labels might be less reliable than ever. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it is "revoking, or proposing to revoke, ...

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 Nutrition Facts label, that black and white information box found on nearly every packaged food product in the U.S. since 1994, has recently become an icon for consumer transparency. The most ...

Melissa Breyer was Treehugger’s senior editorial director before moving to Martha Stewart. Her writing and photography have been featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, ...

Do you know what “cage-free” means? How about “free range”? “Pasture-raised”? Some of the terms used on food labels are official certifications, enforced by the USDA or a nonprofit entity, and the ...

Nutrition labels on your favorite grocery items may soon sport a new look. The Food and Drug Administration announced a new proposal Tuesday that would require food and drink manufacturers to place ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Greg Licholai writes and teaches about innovation in healthcare. Today software does not come with information labels that clearly ...