Is FDA Going to Update the Definition of Healthy?

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FDA has rules around what can I guess we would say nutrients of you know with health benefits right so there's some rules around that. FDA is proposing adding some criteria to that to actually make it stricter and to include a cap on added sugar. Under the existing healthy definition oily fish like salmon would not be allowed to carry the healthy claim on its label but cereals get this sweetened with sugar and packed with sodiums could.

Tostitos chips without real lime. Root beer made with fake vanilla. Instant mac and cheese that isn’t so instant. These products are among the hundreds targeted by lawyer Spencer Sheehan, who wants Big Food to stop misrepresenting its products.

This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Noel King.

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