Government's food regressions: FDA and USDA

• By: Marion Nestle
• Date: May 24, 2017
• Source: www.foodpolitics.com

Republished from www.foodpolitics.com with kind permission of the author

Government's Food Regressions: FDA and USDA

It’s pretty depressing to watch what’s happening to the gains in food and nutrition policy so hard won in the last few years.

Nothing but bad news:

Menu labeling: The FDA is submitting interim final rules, a tactic to delay implementation of menu labeling, which was supposed to start on May 5. Why? The National Association of Convenience Stores and the National Grocers Association filed a petition asking for the delay. Pizza sellers have been lobbying like mad to avoid having to post calories.