Yiannas: FDA To Let Retailers Sell Foods With Outdated Nutrition Labels

FDA soon will release a temporary policy allowing manufacturers and restaurants with food that does not comply with FDA’s nutrition facts labeling requirements to divert those foods to retail stores during the COVID-19 outbreak, FDA Deputy Commissioner for Food Policy and Response Frank Yiannas said during a Food and Drug Law Institute virtual conference on Thursday (March 26). The nutrition facts labeling requirements, which were finalized in 2016, apply to the prominence, placement and inclusion of calorie counts, serving sizes,...