Washington, D.C. — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued guidance adding eight new fibers eligible to be counted by food manufacturers when calculating total fiber per serving on the new Nutrition Facts label. The eight new fibers are: mixed plant cell wall fibers (a broad category that includes fibers like...
By Dagan Xavier, Co-Founder & Senior Vice President of Data at Label Insight On May 20, 2016, the FDA announced a new, improved Nutrition Facts label for packaged foods in order to make it easier for consumers to make more informed food and beverage choices. The revised Nutrition Facts label...
Washington, D.C. - Food manufacturers have received an 18-month extension for meeting updated nutrition and serving size requirements on product labels. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a final rule — published in the Federal Register — saying it was extending compliance dates for providing updated nutrition information on the...
Washington, D.C. - After many delays, FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D. announced in a press statement that the FDA had updated parts of its consumer nutrition facts label involving the definition of added sugars and will be issuing further guidance on what constitutes a dietary fiber. The new labels, first announced...
We recently reported that U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was contemplating extending the deadline for updated the Nutrition Facts Label. Now, according to a constituent update, solid new dates have been proposed and a comment period has been opened to be active for the next 30 days. The new...
In June, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration updated its "Changes to the Nutrition Facts Label" page stating, "FDA intends to extend the compliance dates to provide the additional time for implementation. The framework for the extension will be guided by the desire to give industry more time and decrease costs,...
For the first time, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has released, along with its Unified Agenda, an ‘Inactive Actions List’ of regulations being reviewed or considered. On the list includes the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) nutrition facts changes that apply to meat, poultry and...
New York, NY — On May 27, 2016, sweeping changes were made to the nutrition and supplement facts labels. Originally, compliance deadlines established required companies with more than $10 million in sales to comply by July 2018 and those below $10 million to comply by July 2019. These deadlines have...
Washington, D.C. — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will extend the timetable for compliance with its new rules for Nutrition Facts and Supplement Facts Label and Service Size, the agency announced on Monday. “We listened to the industry and consumer feedback,” said Anne Norris, Health Communications specialist with the...
More than 20 years ago, the Nutrition Facts label was introduced in an effort to help consumers make informed food choices and maintain healthy dietary practices (1). However, in order to reflect new scientific information, including the link between diet and chronic diseases such as obesity and heart disease, the...
