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Senate Hearing
Debates School Nutrition Standards
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With the 2014-15 public school year set to begin
within weeks, members of the Senate Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition and Forestry on July 23 heard both sides of the debate on
whether to continue to push forward with the new school nutrition
standards established under the Healthy and Hunger Free Kids Act of
2010 or slow implementation or even provide waivers from the
standards for school districts having difficulty meeting the
requirements.
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Improving
Nutrition Information on Food Labels: Health Canada
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Health Canada is proposing to update the Nutrition
Facts table for prepackaged foods to reflect the latest scientific
information, as well as changing the look of the Nutrition Facts
table and the list of ingredients so that they can best help
Canadians make informed choices when selecting foods for themselves
and their families.
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First Lady:
Healthy Foods Belong in Schools
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Michelle Obama said that 54 junior cooks who won a
contest to make healthier yet tasty meals show the nation's schools
can also turn out nutritious food that kids will actually
eat. She used the third annual event to wade into a dispute she's
currently in with the School Nutrition Association over new
standards for school lunches.
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Call Made for
FDA Front-of-Pack Labeling Rules
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The Food and Drug Administration should require
front-of-pack labeling in a specific format, said David M. Kessler,
MD, former commissioner of the FDA, in an article he wrote that
appeared on-line July 17 in The
New England Journal of Medicine. He also proposed
overhauling the ingredient list by aggregating related ingredients,
including sugar, in the article titled "Toward More
Comprehensive Food Labeling."
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Court Upholds Country of Original Labeling
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Circuit on July 29 denied the American Meat Institute's appeal
requesting a preliminary injunction to block implementation of the
USDA's country of original labeling (COOL) rule.
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