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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, November 23, 2024
Food safety stakeholders continue to warn the Food and Drug Administration that much of the supply chain is not ready to implement its traceability rule, with some arguing the deadline should be staggered or pushed back several years.
Displaying calorie and fiber information in front-of-packaging nutrition labeling is an effective way of helping consumers pick the healthiest food option, according to new research from the International Food Information Council
In an inflationary environment, food prices tend to shoot up like rockets and come down like feathers, and food economists believe that will continue to be the case in keeping food prices from going down heading into the holidays and 2024.
A new report on grocery shopping trends by FMI — The Food Industry Association, in partnership with The Hartman Group, identified how the pandemic influenced how consumers buy food and learned to enjoy eating at home once again.
A recent pilot project showed some data gaps and offered suggestions to the Food and Drug Administration for improving traceability in the food system.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22, 2017 - A six-year fight by a South Dakota newspaper to obtain retail-specific data on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program sales will likely last another year after supermarkets were able to secure a delay in the planned release of the information by USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 – In an effort to simplify food purchases and reduce food waste, grocery manufacturers and retailers have launched an industry-wide effort to adopt standard wording on packaging about the quality and safety of products.
