A requirement for Nutrition Fact labels on packaged foods and other products has been indefinitely delayed, although some companies have already rolled the labels out. On April 27, the FDA also delayed rules that would have required calorie counts on restaurant menus. The largest groups in the food industry, meanwhile, is celebrating what it calls a win for “common-sense” regulation. Many other large food companies have also begun designing and printing the labels, anticipating a 2018 deadline. [Pizza chains are making a desperate push to avoid posting calories on menus]“It doesn’t help consumers,” said O’Hara, of CSPI.

Source: Washington Post June 13, 2017 16:16 UTC