Jun 24, 2021 FDA Updates Standard of Identity for Yogurt, Revokes Standard for Lowfat and Nonfat Yogurt By Taylor Fritsch More than 20 years after a petition was filed by the National Yogurt Association, and more than a decade after a proposed rule, the FDA...
Feb 19, 2021 Health-Related Advertising Claims Catch Competitors' Eyes During COVID-19, Says BBB National Programs By Taylor Fritsch The advertising industry's voluntary self-regulatory programs operated by BBB National Programs report a 50 percent uptick in competitor...
Jan 24, 2021 What are consumers required to read on food and beverage labels? By Paul Benson In the ongoing and seemingly never-ending litigation involving false labeling, the question of what (and where) information should be put...
Jan 18, 2021 Experts predict pandemic-induced changes on our plates and grocery carts for 2021. By Paul Benson After the tragic events of 9-11 travel never has been the same. Similarly, there should be little debate that the pandemic of 2020 will...
Dec 29, 2020 Don't overreact to the criticisms of the new dietary guidelines. By Paul Benson The federal government's new dietary guidelines, issued today, are already being criticized. The brunt of the disapprovals focus on the...
Dec 04, 2020 Singapore approves cell-grown meat for human consumption. Will this be the beginning of yet another trend in the "meat-alternative" movement? By Paul Benson I've previously written about how the movement toward plant-based meat products is definitely a thing. That really shouldn't be alarming...
Nov 25, 2020 The debate over carbs moves to a new battleground: the U.S. government's upcoming dietary guidelines. By Paul Benson The government is expected to finalize its new dietary guidelines in December. The current draft recommends Americans get roughly half...