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The US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) has advanced legislation that would require ‘warning’ labels on ‘ultra-processed’ packaged foods (UPFs) in a bid to improve children’s health across the nation.

Lactalis Australia has been fined AUD $59,400 (approx. $41,000) in penalties by the country’s competition regulator, after allegedly making misleading claims in the labelling of two of its milk products.

The European Parliament has approved a significant package of reforms aimed at strengthening farmers’ position in the food supply chain, enhancing income stability and introducing stricter rules on meat-related labelling across the European Union. MEPs voted overwhelmingly in favour of the measures, with 560 votes supporting the legislation, 75 against, and 25 abstentions. The reforms are designed to ensure that food prices more accurately reflect production costs, while providing farmers...

EU negotiators have agreed to go ahead with a ban on the use of animal-associated names for plant-based products, restricting 31 words in total including ‘chicken’ and ‘steak’.

On 11 February 2026, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in the long-running Dairy UK v Oatly AB case, unanimously dismissing Oatly’s appeal and finding that Oatly’s trade mark 'Post Milk Generation' was invalid.

Several multinational companies, including PepsiCo, Alpro and Costa, have withdrawn products from Germany’s voluntary Nutri-Score front-of-pack labelling system.

The Make America Healthy Again Commission has unveiled the new Make Our Children Healthy Again Strategy – a plan aiming to tackle chronic disease in American children.

Lidl GB has introduced a new labelling initiative, ‘Live Well,’ across its own-label products, helping consumers to identify products that are healthy ‘for both people and the planet’.

UK meat alternatives brand Quorn has removed artificial ingredients from its best-selling frozen products, aiming to shift consumer perceptions of the category.