A closer look at food labels that sound wholesome yet hide marketing tactics most shoppers overlook in the aisle.

Marketers will do anything to sell products, and that includes using terms that don't actually have much meaning. That ...

WASHINGTON — The US Food and Drug Administration and the US Department of Agriculture are taking another look at food date labels, namely at how they’re used by food producers and manufacturers and ...

Are you confused by food label terms like “Sell By,” “Use By” and “Best By?” If so, you aren’t alone. Federal regulators would also like a little clarity. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the ...

Labels promising “all-natural,” “organic,” “naturally grown,” “non-GMO” and “free-range” ingredients inform shoppers that the food they’re about to consume is certifiably healthy. Or is it? National ...

(Beyond Pesticides, December 22, 2025) After a U.S. Court of Appeals Court decision in October that upheld the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) “bioengineered” food label language, Beyond ...

The agency will no longer crack down on manufacturers that use natural dyes in foods labeled ‘No artificial colors.’ Here’s what experts want you to know.

A large UK survey reveals that making food warning labels easier to read reduced sandwich consumption at first, but as consumers and manufacturers adapted, the effect faded and eventually reversed, ...