The US ‘Center for Science in the Public Interest’ is celebrating the introduction of a bill to increase transparency and promote healthy choices through food labels.
CAPTION: The Bill will help people manage dozens of medicall conditions such as those who need to be Gluten-free.
The Food Labelling Modernization Act 2023 (FLMA) was introduced by Representatives Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) in the House and Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Ed Markey (D-MA), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) in the Senate.
Mandatory front-of-package nutrition labelling is among the many ways this legislation would modernise food labels to keep step with similar health-focused labelling initiatives in other countries, such as Mexico and Canada.
The legislation would require prominent labels on processed foods to help consumers quickly and easily identify foods that are high in sodium, added sugar, or saturated fat—nutrients that are overconsumed and linked to chronic disease.
Advocacy Action: Could you promote a similar bill in your Parliament? Is there a non-governmental organisation you could work with to apply pressure on your government to support such a move?