Packaged foods in the U.S. will have to follow new rules in order to call themselves “healthy,” according to changes finalized Thursday by the Food and Drug Administration. It’s an update of the ...

The Food and Drug Administration plans to update its definition of "healthy" foods. Items that are high in saturated fat, sodium and added sugars no longer qualify.

That’s because the definition of “healthy” focused on individual nutrients, the FDA noted, meaning it included limits for saturated fat, total fat, cholesterol, and sodium and required a ...

The Food and Drug Administration has released a long-awaited final rule updating its definition of “healthy” foods, emphasizing fresh produce, whole grains and pulses with limits on added ...

this is a huge improvement from a 30-year-old outdated definition based on 40-year-old science,” he said. A label that designates certain foods as healthy is still being developed, FDA officials ...

In an effort to improve American diets, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Thursday released a new definition of what it means for a food to qualify as “healthy.” Products like fruit ...

It’s an update of the agency’s definition originally devised 30 years ... of reducing rates of diet-related chronic disease, the FDA said. Under the rule, products that claim to be “healthy ...

It's an update of the agency's definition originally devised 30 years ... of reducing rates of diet-related chronic disease, the FDA said.Under the rule, products that claim to be "healthy ...