Health your username 6 days ago The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Thursday that it will conduct research on food label symbols that indicate the nutritiousness of a product as another step in its efforts to update the definition of “healthy” as used on product labels. The agency is seeking public comment on its proposed study via the Federal Register by July 6. The proposed studies, entitled “Quantitative Research on a Voluntary Symbol Depicting the Nutrient Content Claim ‘Healthy’ on Packaged Foods,” seek to explore consumer responses to potential front-of-package (FOP) symbols that manufacturers would have to option to place on labels to indicate the nutrient content claim of “healthy,” according to the agency’s procedural notice. The exploration would include an experimental study and two surveys.