This is a guest blog-post by Professor Timothy D. Lytton In my previous posts I have proposed that the FDA regulate front-of-package nutrition labels by better enforcement of existing regulations and by setting minimum standards for labels that rate the … Continue reading
Regulating Front-of-Package Nutrition Labels, Part 2 of 3: Developing New Minimum Standards for Complex Rating Schemes
This is a guest blog-post by Professor Timothy D. Lytton In my previous post, I suggested that regulation of front-of-package nutrition labels should begin with better enforcement of existing standards. Existing regulations, I argued, already provide adequate tools to clamp … Continue reading
Regulating Front-of-Package Nutrition Labels, Part 1 of 3: Better Enforcement of Existing Standards
This is a guest blog-post by Professor Timothy D. Lytton At the top of the FDA’s agenda for 2010 is regulating front-of-package nutrition labels. Proponents of symbols like the Heart Check mark and the Smart Choices logo and rating systems … Continue reading
Yet Another Nutrition Labeling System – “Nutrition Guide”
Michigan readers will be happy (?) to learn about a new shelf label system that is being introduced at local retailer D&W Fresh Market stores (part of Spartan Stores). The system, Nutrition Guide, encompasses 16,000 products and was developed inhouse: … Continue reading



