Sarah Todd returned to reporting in January 2025 after being assignment editor at STAT since October 2022. You can reach Sarah on Signal at sarahlizchar.47. A new government proposal to display ...

California wants to help end the everyday household debate over whether the food in the fridge is still good to eat. Food labels that say “sell by” or “best before” are misleading because they have no ...

For more than a century, the U.S. government has tried to bring more transparency to food labels. It started in 1906, when the Pure Food and Drug Act cracked down on mislabeled ingredients and false ...

As the FDA mulls interpretive food warning labels, a Georgetown University study shows these schemes have been powerless to halt obesity trends. In an attempt to tackle stubbornly high adult obesity ...

Food packaging is built to reassure shoppers. Certain words sound meaningful but often describe far less than people assume.

The FDA has updated the definition of "healthy" on food labels to better reflect current nutritional science. Foods must now meet criteria for beneficial nutrients and limits on added sugars, ...

Roughly nine years ago, while serving as Vice President for Food Safety at the world’s largest food retailer, I surveyed how many different date labels were used by food producers to convey that food ...