US Agency Permits Qualified Health Claim for Yogurt — VOA Learning English
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From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently permitted yogurt producers to make a health claim on containers of their products.
Yogurt is a food made from milk and special bacteria.
The claim is that eating yogurt might reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes, a health problem linked to how the body uses sugar for fuel. Type 2 diabetes is believed to affect about 38 million Americans.
Danone North America is the U.S. division of a French food company that makes several popular yogurt products. In 2018, the company asked the FDA for permission to make what is known as a “qualified health claim” about yogurt.
In March, the FDA…
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