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Sugary cereals could lose their "healthy" designation under a proposed change in Food and Drug Administration guidelines.
  • Food currently considered "healthy" stands to lose that designation under a draft FDA rule change.
  • White bread and sugary cereal would lose the claim, while salmon and avocados would gain it.
  • Groups representing big food companies are fighting the change.

Some of the items in your grocery basket could lose their "healthy" designation under proposed guideline changes from the Food and Drug Administration.

Trade groups representing big food companies are pushing back again the change, STAT News reported on Tuesday. Their complaint: That the changes would leave very few of their products in the "healthy" category.