date:Jun 04, 2014
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is responding to a lawsuit concerning the levels of mercury in seafood by updating its guidance for pregnant women and young children.
Its an advisory, not an effort to mandate labeling, FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg told the Associated Press last week.
In July 2011, the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) and the Mercury Policy Project (MPP) petitioned FDA to require signs in supermarkets and labels on packaged seafood giving consumers in