The Grocery Manufacturers Association responded positively to the FDA’s issuance of draft sodium reduction targets for 150 categories of processed, packaged and prepared foods, and the opening of a public comments period on these voluntary reduct...
The Grocery Manufacturers Association approves of the FDA’s updating of the Nutrition Facts panel that includes a new design to highlight “calories” and “servings,” requirements for serving sizes that more closely reflect the amounts of food...
The Grocery Manufacturers Association has asked the FDA to more clearly define the term “natural” in comments submitted Tuesday to the agency that is soliciting feedback on use of the term. “Our industry is committed to providing consumers with...
The FDA Friday released a final guidance document on menu labeling to clarify portions of the rule and answer specific questions related to the requirements.
For example, the document confirms that items like loaves of bread and dinner rolls s...
Leslie SarasinFrom family dinners to neighborhood potlucks, food has always been at the center of such gatherings, making grocery stores an important partner in every community. The hundreds of grocers on Capitol Hill for the joint Day in Washing...
The Food Marketing Institute and Grocery Manufacturers Association expressed their disappointment Wednesday, when a cloture vote did not get the necessary 60 votes to move a measure — that would establish a voluntary, national standard for GMO la...
The Grocery Manufacturers Association commended the Senate Agriculture Committee for its approval of legislation by Senate Agriculture Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Tuesday, that would block individual states such as Vermont from mandating GMO la...
Food industry associations announced their support of a Capitol Hill proposal to establish a federal uniform labeling standard for foods made with genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and also for GMO-free foods.
The legislation, spearheaded ...
The House of Representatives Friday passed the Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act, a bill that industry groups say eases the menu labeling burden for supermarkets while keeping the spirit of the original legislation.
According to FMI, key p...
