New FDA guideline to require 2 food label columns for single serving, whole package

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Friday, January 3, 2020
New FDA guideline to require 2 food label columns for single serving, whole package
Food labels will now have to show exactly how many calories a consumer will eat.

Food labels will now have to show exactly how many calories a consumer will eat.

Under the FDA's new guidelines, each label will have two columns, one for the nutritional facts in a single serving and the other with the nutritional fact of the entire package.

This way, consumers can no longer say they thought a pint of ice cream had only 300 calories.

The labels apply to manufacturers that sell upward of $10 million in food annually.

Manufacturers that sell less than $10 million in goods have until Jan. 1, 2021 to comply with the new label requirements.