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Biden Proposes Visible Nutrition Labels on Food Packaging to Improve Consumer Health

2022-09-27T12:42:30.059Z


The announcement comes ahead of the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health, the first of its kind since the Nixon Administration.


By Zoe Richards -

NBC News

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will investigate and propose a standardized front-of-package labeling system to help consumers more easily understand nutrition information, the White House said Tuesday. .

The proposal to update the current system, in which nutrition information is provided primarily on the back of labels, is part of the Biden Administration's effort to help consumers make healthy choices and "change our health care system so that go from treating diseases to preventing them,” a senior administration official told reporters in a call.

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Front-of-pack labeling - which could take the form of stars or traffic light images - will aim to "help consumers, particularly those less knowledgeable about nutrition, quickly and easily identify foods that part of a healthy eating pattern," the White House detailed in a 44-page strategy brief.

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The Administration also announced that it will propose an update to the nutritional criteria for the “healthy” claim on food packages.

Administration officials are preparing to hold the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health on Wednesday, the first of its kind since a Nixon-era conference on the subject more than 50 years ago.

Biden in May set a goal of ending hunger and promoting healthy eating and physical activity by 2030 to reduce the number of Americans suffering from diet-related diseases such as heart disease, obesity and type 2 diabetes. two.

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Several Democratic congressmen have focused especially on food labeling.

Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey called for more transparency on food packaging labels in a letter to House Policy Council director Susan Rice last month.

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The Aug. 31 letter cited legislation five Senate Democrats proposed last year that would require package labels to include warnings about salt, sugar, and saturated fat content, and establish requirements for retailers of Foods Online will provide nutritional information on food packaging.

The Biden administration is also taking steps to improve food access and affordability, senior administration officials told reporters.

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When the new fiscal year begins on Saturday, the federal nutrition assistance program known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will offer additional benefits of about $26 per person per month on average, according to the Department of Agriculture.

The global increase was announced in early August.

According to an executive summary of the Administration's plans, the White House also intends to expand access to free, healthy school meals for 9 million more children by 2032 and expand SNAP eligibility and summer benefits to more children.

Source: telemundo

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