Smart Choices Put on Ice

October 23, 2009

By Ricardo Carvajal

The Smart Choices ProgramTM has announced “that it will voluntarily postpone active operations and not encourage wider use of the logo at this time by either new or currently enrolled companies.”  The announcement cites FDA’s recent letter to industry announcing the agency’s intent to define nutritional criteria for front-of-package and shelf labeling claims (see our prior post here) and notes the Program's desire to support FDA's initiative

Categories: Foods