Trans Fat and Salt

Food and Drug Administration went a step further on November 7, 2013 to trim trans fats from nation's dishes and servings. FDA opened a 60-day comment period on preliminary determination of collecting more data and getting input from the food industry. At present, if any serving contains less than 0.5 gram of trans fats, the food maker is able to claim its product to contain "zero" trans fat. If the new rules go into effect, food makers will lose this 0.5 gram per serving leeway.

FDA banned trans fat in 2015.

FDA Takes Steps to Rein in Salt Intake

Food and Drug Administration on October 13, 2021 took the first concrete step to curb the sodium amount in our dishes. FDA issued a voluntary guideline to food companies and restaurants to cut down salt by 12% over the next two-and-half years. 

Insomnia Drug: Likely New Recommendation

According to the new research, FDA is likely to recommend cutting the insomnia treatment drug from the family of Zolpidem by half to minimize any adverse side-effect. The recommendation will come only for women only for the drugs sold under brand names Ambien, Edluar, Zolpimist and generic versions of Zolpidem. The recommended dose is 5 mg (instead of 10 mg) for regular product and 6.25 mg (instead of 12.5 mg) for extended-release formulation.