The announcement comes ahead of Wednesday's White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health. The conference is the first of its kind since 1969, when a summit hosted by the administration of President Richard M. Nixon led to major expansions of food stamps, school lunches and other programs that have been credited with reducing hunger nationally and providing a critical safety net during the pandemic.
Once finalized, the FDA's new system will "quickly and easily communicate nutrition information" through tools such as "star ratings or traffic light schemes to promote equitable access to nutrition information and healthier choices," the White House said in a statement this week. The system "can also prompt industry to reformulate their products to be healthier," it said...
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