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The updated rule replaces a decades-old standard that didn’t always mean what shoppers thought it did — bringing the label more in line with expectations.

Senators passed SCR 179 unanimously to recognize May as Celiac Disease Awareness Month, citing the condition’s health impacts and the need for better diagnosis and labeling.

Digital pages are replacing some on-pack disclosures, raising concerns about consumer access to nutrition facts and marketing claims.

The decree gives formal effect to the Marchio Biologico Italiano and could reshape labeling practices for certified food and drink producers.

Historic EU change in labeling requirements aims to empower consumers with more information

Senate approves legislation mandating allergen labels on prepackaged food items statewide

Legislation requires detailed ingredient labeling for meat products sold in bulk retail.

Recent legal and policy efforts have aimed at changing plant-based meat and milk product analogue labels to reduce consumer confusion. These proposed changes assume (a) that there is confusion about key aspects of plant-based products, and (b) that the proposed changes will fix that confusion if it exists. In Experiments 1a (N = 380) and 1b (N = 246), we provide evidence that there is little confusion about plant-based products when participants are presented with product labels about key product facts (e.g., contains animals, contains lactose). In Experiment 2 (N = 250), changing labels seemingly in accordance with proposed policies did little to reduce confusion but did decrease confidence in those judgments and made it more difficult to know what to use that product for or what the product would taste like. In Experiment 3 (N = 311), those results were replicated in a jurisdiction specific sample taken from residents of Texas. These results suggest that prominent proposals to change plant-based meat and milk analogue labels may be unnecessary and, in some cases, could be harmful.

Organic certification identifies food produced with more sustainable product methods. However, several studies have pointed out that it is also likely…

Jacob Long, Business Manager at MarketSquare Tech, joins Shelf Confidence to discuss how the DeliLabel app is streamlining food labeling processes. Learn how innovative solutions inspired by…