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Several multinational companies, including PepsiCo, Alpro and Costa, have withdrawn products from Germany’s voluntary Nutri-Score front-of-pack labelling system.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

The Competitions and Market Authority has shared the findings of its study into the infant formula and follow-on formula market in the UK.

The FDA is proposing mandatory front-of-pack nutrition information for most packaged foods, to combat the US' chronic disease crisis.

In a 2025 health advisory, US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has called for cancer risk warnings to be displayed on alcoholic beverages.