Nutrition/Food Content Labeling Policy and Actions

Format	Author(s)	Title / Description	Date added	Details
	Food and Drug Administration	1993 Federal Register Vol. 58 Part IV: Dept. of Health and Human Services This page provides access to Part IV of Federal Register Vol. 58 No. 3 (1993), "Food Labeling; General Provisions; Nutrition and Labeling; Label Format; Nutrient content Claims; Health Claims; Ingredient Labeling; State and Local Requirements; and Exemptions; Final Rules". Documents are available in pdf and Microsoft Word format. (more) Publication Date: Wednesday, January 6, 1993	Apr 22, 2004
	Task Force on Consumer Health Information for Better Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration	Better Health Information for Better Nutrition This page provides information and related documents for FDA's Better Health Information for Better Nutrition initiative to combat obesity and make nutrition information available to consumers. (more)	Jul 15, 2003
	Sibbald, Barbara	Canada's Nutrition Labels: A New World Standard? Article on Canada's new nutrition labeling regulations. Publication Date: Tuesday, April 1, 2003	Jul 9, 2003
	Task Force on Consumer Health Information for Better Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration	Consumer Health Information for Better Nutrition Initiative: Task Force Final Report Report of this task force that was part of the Consumer Health Information for Better Nutrition Initiative. It includes the transmittal memorandum, an overview and executive summary of the situation and the work of the Task Force, and several attachments. Attachments include "Possible Regulatory Frameworks for Qualified Health Claims in the Labeling of Conventional Human Food and Dietary Supplements," "Guidance: Interim Evidence-Based Ranking System for Scientific Data," "Consumer Studies Research Agenda -- Improving Consumer Understanding and Product Competition on the Health Consequences of Dietary Choices," "Guidance: Interim Procedures for Qualified Health Claims in the Labeling of Conventional Human Food and Human Dietary Supplements," "?One-Year? Time Line for Qualified Health Claim Activities," "Task Force Membership," "Stakeholder Meetings Summary," and "Public Dockets Comments Summary". (more) Publication Date: Thursday, July 10, 2003	Jul 15, 2003
	Food and Drug Administration	FDA Acts to Provide Better Information to Consumers on Trans Fats Release announcing FDA's regulation that requires manufacturers to include trans fatty acids on the Nutrition Facts panel of foods and some supplements. (more) Publication Date: Wednesday, July 9, 2003	Jul 9, 2003
	Food and Drug Administration	FDA Changes Labeling Requirement for Olestra Release announcing the changed label requirement for products containing olestra. Publication Date: Friday, August 1, 2003	Aug 4, 2003
	Food and Drug Administration	Food Labeling: Health Claims; Dietary Guidance Advance notice of proposed rulemaking, issued to solicit comments regarding the regulation of health claims and dietary guidance statements in the labeling of conventional foods and dietary supplements. The comment period has been extended. See 69 FR 3868, available through GPO Access. (more) Publication Date: Tuesday, November 25, 2003	Dec 4, 2003
	Food and Drug Administration	Food Labeling: Nutrient Content Claims, Expansion of the Nutrient Content Claim "Lean" Proposed rule regarding the use of the nutrient content claim "lean" on foods categorized as "mixed dishes not measurable with a cup". Includes discussion of costs and benefits of the proposed rule. (more) Deadline: Wednesday, February 8, 2006 Publication Date: Friday, November 25, 2005	Jan 9, 2006
	Food and Drug Administration	Food Labeling: Nutrient Content Claims, General Principles; Health Claims, General Requirements and Other Specific Requirements for Individual Health Claims; Reopening of the Comment Period Reopening of the comment period until July 6, 2004 and request for comments on specific topics related to this proposed rule first published in 60 FR 66206. (more) Publication Date: Tuesday, May 4, 2004	May 10, 2004
	Food and Drug Administration	Food Labeling: Trans Fatty Acids in Nutrition Labeling, Nutrient Content Claims, and Health Claims FDA's final rule requiring trans fatty acids to be declared on nutrition labels of foods and dietary supplements. Includes background information on nutrition labeling, nutrient content and health claims, discussion of the science behind the rule, further information on the nutrition labeling of trans fat, the final regulatory impact and flexibility analyses, and more. (more) Publication Date: Friday, July 11, 2003	Mar 5, 2004

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