Food Labeling Under Scrutiny
According to the 2005-06 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), about 44 percent of adults review health claims at least sometimes when they are deciding their food product purchases. Although food labels have valuable information, symbols and claims on food packages are proliferating in a seemingly willy-nilly manner, making it increasingly difficult to decipher the actual properties of various products on the market.
On Thursday, November 11, 2010, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius shared that making healthy choices at the supermarket may get a little easier next year when food makers and retailers start putting easier-to-read nutrition labels on the front of packages.
Sebelius mentioned several food makers and retailers agreed to voluntarily put the labels on the front, and consumers could start seeing the new labels in the next six months.
Source: Susan Nitzke, Nutrition Specialist, UW-Extension and UW-Madison and The Washington Post, November 11, 2010
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