Altruistic or a ploy? Snack maker spurs FDA to redefine “healthy”
Next month, the US Food and Drug Administration will hold a public hearing to gather consumers' thoughts, suggestions, and hopes for food allowed to be labeled "healthy." The agency made this announcement Thursday.
The hearing is the latest step in the FDA's months-long effort to modernize and redefine the term. They hope to come up with a fresh, science-backed definition that will help consumers make smart choices at the grocery store. That effort was spurred in late 2015 by critics who argued that the current definition is out of date and that food industry interests had tainted it.
But one bit of this story might give readers pause: the criticism was spearheaded by a member of the food industry, which, of course, has its own interests for redefining the term.
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