Food Label Ready For Major Changes
Looks like food labels are going supersize.
January 1 will see a list of new changes and additions. The addition of eight major allergens and how much trans fat in a product will be required to be disclosed as of Jan 1.
Among the other changes on the horizon, the Food and Drug Administration, which oversees most food labels, is considering giving calories more prominence on the food label — by increasing the type size of the calorie listing, for example — and requiring that nutrition information be spelled out for an entire package, not just for “servings.” Already, Kraft Foods Inc. and Coca-Cola Co. are labeling nutrient information in dual columns on some packages-one side for the serving and the other for the whole bottle or box. A 20-ounce lime-flavored Coke now says that it has 26 grams of sugar based on the “standard serving,” but 65 grams in the whole bottle. Also in 2006, the FDA will likely update dietary intake references for nutrients like vitamins to reflect new scientific reports from the National Academy of Sciences.
[Food Label Ready For Major Changes]
[via The Wall Street Journal Online]
