Roberta Wagner

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plans to announce a proposed regulation this year that will require front-of-package nutrition labeling (FOPNL) on food packages, a move aimed at providing consumers with at-a-glance nutrition information to help them quickly and easily make informed food selections. 

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates food and color additives and food contact materials, but non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are pressuring state legislatures to ban some of these substances previously approved by the FDA for specific conditions of use without the level of science needed to support such action. 

In an era of increasingly digitized food supply chains facilitating rapid communication all the way to consumers, it is crucial for government agencies to keep pace with the ever-changing landscape.