After 30 years, FDA overhauls guideline for the claim "healthy" on food packages
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Re: After 30 years, FDA overhauls guideline for the claim "healthy" on food packages
#2> Avocados, nuts and seeds are among products that will now qualify to use the “healthy” claim. Avocado, salmon and water are among the foods that will qualify for a “healthy” claim on food packaging.
Yeah maybe there are some issues with government efficiency if it took 30 years for foods like this to be able to brand themselves healthy whereas white bread could false advertise with FDA approval.
Re: After 30 years, FDA overhauls guideline for the claim "healthy" on food packages
#3Re: After 30 years, FDA overhauls guideline for the claim "healthy" on food packages
#4Okay, now apply those guidelines to vulnerable members of society who purchase groceries via EBT/food stamps. I don't think soda, ultra processed foods, or candy would count?
Re: After 30 years, FDA overhauls guideline for the claim "healthy" on food packages
#5Related article about how the FDA has not formally reevaluated the safety of Red 40 in over a decade:
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/what-is-red-dye-40-effects/
Re: After 30 years, FDA overhauls guideline for the claim "healthy" on food packages
#6Okay, now apply those guidelines to vulnerable members of society who purchase groceries via EBT/food stamps. I don't think soda, ultra processed foods, or candy would count?
I don’t think the healthy aspect affects eligibility food stamps. As I recall soda makes up 10% or more of all food stamp spending and the manufacturing have repeatedly successfully lobbied to keep sodas on there.
Re: After 30 years, FDA overhauls guideline for the claim "healthy" on food packages
#7From the FDA page [1]:
> To meet the updated criteria for the claim, a food product needs to:
> 1. contain a certain amount of food from at least one of the food groups or subgroups (such as fruit, vegetables, grains, fat-free and low-fat dairy and protein foods) recommended by the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, and
> 2. meet specific limits for added sugars, saturated fat and sodium.
[1] https://www.fda.gov/food/nutrition-food-labeling-and-critica...
Re: After 30 years, FDA overhauls guideline for the claim "healthy" on food packages
#8Okay, now apply those guidelines to vulnerable members of society who purchase groceries via EBT/food stamps. I don't think soda, ultra processed foods, or candy would count?
I don’t think the healthy aspect affects eligibility food stamps. As I recall soda makes up 10% or more of all food stamp spending and the manufacturing have repeatedly successfully lobbied to keep sodas on there.
That is because soda is used as a medium to convert the balance to cash.
Re: After 30 years, FDA overhauls guideline for the claim "healthy" on food packages
#9> Avocados, nuts and seeds are among products that will now qualify to use the “healthy” claim. Avocado, salmon and water are among the foods that will qualify for a “healthy” claim on food packaging. Yeah maybe there are some issues with government efficiency if it took 30 years for foods like this to be able to brand themselves healthy whereas white bread could false advertise with FDA approval.
Yep. It is a huge and corrupt bureaucracy. This should have taken literally a day’s worth of work. Even the time from when they proposed the rule change to now is over 2 years!
Re: After 30 years, FDA overhauls guideline for the claim "healthy" on food packages
#10The biggest changes seem (at least from the quiz) is to not automatically label high-fat food as unhealthy and correspondingly label high sugar foods as probably not healthy. Good changes.