The Hill – Democrats in the House and Senate have introduced legislation to overhaul food labeling.
The Food Labeling Modernization Act, offered in the House by Reps. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N.J.) and Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) and in the upper chamber by Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Edward Markey (D-Mass.), directs the Health and Human Services secretary to create a single standard for front-of-package labeling required for all food products.
The bill also directs HHS to:
- Develop new guidelines that define when the words “healthy” or “made with whole grain” can be used; and
- Require that the nutrition facts label list percent daily values for calories and sugar, and the amount of sugar that is not naturally occurring.
The goal of the bill is to provide a “common-sense solution” to the “deceptive and confusing dietary information” currently used on food products.
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