Notice 25 Mar 2025 financial assistance, nutrition, grant opportunities, nih, health research, diabetes

💰Notice of NIH Meeting on Diabetes and Kidney Disease Grants

The Department of Health and Human Services announces a closed meeting of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to review and evaluate grant applications. The meeting will be held virtually and is intended to discuss potentially sensitive information regarding confidential trade secrets and personal privacy.

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Notice 10 Mar 2025 agriculture, nutrition, business impact, government regulation, wic, income guidelines

🍼WIC Income Eligibility Guidelines Updated for 2025-2026

The U.S. Department of Agriculture ("Department") announces adjusted income eligibility guidelines to be used by State agencies in determining the income eligibility of persons applying to participate in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). These income eligibility guidelines are to be used in conjunction with the WIC Regulations.

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Notice 10 Mar 2025 food assistance, agriculture, nutrition, economic impact, consumer trends, federal programs

🍏2025 Summer EBT Program Adjustments for Children Benefits

This notice informs the public of the annual adjustments to the levels of monthly benefits in the Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer for Children (Summer EBT) Program. These adjustments reflect changes in the Thrifty Food Plan (TFP), as required under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act.

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Rule 25 Feb 2025 compliance, health claims, nutrition, food labeling, fda regulations

🥗FDA Delays Effective Date of "Healthy" Food Labeling Regulation

In accordance with the memorandum of January 20, 2025, from the President, entitled "Regulatory Freeze Pending Review," the effective date of the final rule entitled "Food Labeling: Nutrient Content Claims; Definition of Term `Healthy,' " is delayed until April 28, 2025.

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Presidential Document 19 Feb 2025 healthcare, nutrition, executive order, public health, government policy, chronic disease

🍏Executive Order 14212

Executive Order 14212 creates the President's Make America Healthy Again Commission, tasked with addressing the rising chronic disease rates in America. This initiative aims to promote health through better nutrition, physical activity, and transparency in health research, specifically focusing on childhood health issues and improving public understanding of these challenges.

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Regulatory Compliance, Economic Impact 16 Jan 2025 business impact, compliance requirements, fda regulations, nutrition, food labeling, nutrition facts, reporting and recordkeeping requirements

📊New FDA Food Labeling Rules

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) proposes to require front-of-package nutrition labels on most foods that must bear a Nutrition Facts label. This action, if finalized, would require the display of a compact informational box containing certain nutrient information on the principal display panel. The box would provide consumers, including those who have lower nutrition knowledge, with standardized, interpretive nutrition information that can help them quickly and easily identify how foods can be part of a healthy diet. We also propose to amend certain nutrient content claim regulations to align with current nutrition science and avoid within-label inconsistencies.

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Regulatory Compliance, Consumer Trends 15 Jan 2025 regulatory changes, nutrition, public comments, alcoholic beverages, health guidelines

🍷HHS and USDA Request Comments on Alcoholic Beverages and Health

HHS and USDA invite the public to provide written comments on two reports: The Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Prevention of Underage Drinking (ICCPUD) Alcohol Intake and Health (AIH) draft report and The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's (NASEM) Review of Evidence on Alcohol and Health report.

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Regulatory Updates, Food and Agriculture 6 Jan 2025 agriculture, nutrition, snap, food, regulations, usda

🚫USDA Withdraws Proposed SNAP Quality Control Rule for 2025

This document informs the public that FNS is withdrawing the proposed rule titled, "Provisions to Improve the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program's Quality Control System," that published in the Federal Register on September 19, 2023, and its correction on December 19, 2023. This rule proposed amendments to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) regulations to strengthen and improve the integrity and accuracy of the SNAP quality control (QC) system as requested by the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018.

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