SANDERS SENDS LETTER TO FDA COMMISSIONER URGING STRONG WARNING LABELS TO COMBAT DIABETES EPIDEMIC AND OBESITY IN AMERICA

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman issued the following news release:

As discussions on a new proposed front-of-package label rule that would better inform consumers about the health impacts of their food are underway at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, sent a letter to FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, M.D. urging the FDA to require corporations in the food and beverage industry to put strong, evidence-based warning labels on their products to protect the health of the American people.

"I am encouraged that the FDA has begun the process of issuing a proposed front-of-pac...