Labels with health or environmental claims are everywhere in the grocery store these days, and it can be overwhelming to decipher what these labels really mean. Often these claims are entirely ...

Earlier this month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposed food companies use new, front-of-package labels highlighting the levels of fat, salt and added sugar in their products. In issuing ...

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is moving to require that food delivery apps apply for and obtain a new permit to operate in the city, an effort to address reports of dangerous delivery driving.

The labels may says where the product was grown or where it was processed; it can also tell us what ingredients are used and where those ingredients are from. All packaged food sold in Canada must ...

It seeks out foods with easy-to-recognize ingredients and no artificial ingredients or synthetic chemicals, and it has become associated with “trust” with manufacturers of food. However, for better or ...

And her 1885 book, Food Materials and Their Adulterations, led to Massachusetts passing its the first Pure Food and Drug Act. Along with her partner, Dr. Robert McCance, Elsie Widdowson oversaw the ...