McDonald's Corp. announced in October that it plans to provide nutrition information on the individual packages of each and every item that it sells at its restaurants. McDonald's said it hoped to have the labeled packaging in 20,000 of its 30,000 fast food restaurants worldwide by the end of 2006.
Within the dairy industry, Tillamook County Creamery Assn., Dairy Foods' Processor of the Year in 2005, is developing a company responsibility statement. The trend here is about making the food industry more transparent and giving consumers more information about the food they eat and the companies which make it.