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Maglalagay na ng mas maiintindihang paalala ang gobyerno sa mga produktong karaniwang tinatangkilik ng mga Pinoy na may mataas na sugar content.  Sa survey kasi ng Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI), lima hanggang anim na tasa ng kanin ang average na konsumo ng Pinoy kada araw. Dahil ang kanin ay itinuturing na mayroong mataas […]

Nagpaalala ang Food and Drug Administration (FDA) na dapat may ‘expiration date’ ang mga manufactured o processed foods kahit pa may ‘best before’ date ito.  “Beyond the best before date, puwede pa po siyang kainin pero hindi po natin alam kung wala pong expiration date, kailan siya huling araw na safe,” ayon kay Timothy Mendoza,

Madalas nating makita ang “expiration date,” “consumed by,” at “best before” sa ating pang araw-araw na pagkain ngunit hindi lubos na malinaw ano ang pagkakaiba ng mga ito. Sa programang “Konsumer ATBP.” ng DZMM, tinalakay ng Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ang iba’t ibang klase ng product labelling.  Ayon kay Maria Theresa Cerbolles, regulation officer

MANILA – (UPDATE) Malnutrition among Filipino children will worsen if milk is included in the list of sugar-sweetened drinks that will be subjected to excise tax, an industry group said on Tuesday.  The Philippine Chamber of Food Manufacturers said it “strongly supports the exclusion of milk products” from the coverage of the P10 excise tax. Finance undersecretary

MANILA – The proposed additional tax on sugar-sweetened beverages failed to pass initial scrutiny of the Senate Committee on Ways and Means Thursday. Speaking to reporters after a five-hour hearing, committee Chair Sen. Sonny Angara said he found the proposed P10 per liter excise tax for local sugar and P20 per liter for imported sugar