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FDA Releases Guidance on new Vending Machine Calorie Labeling Regulations

The Food and Drug Administration released a draft guidance (here) and a small entity compliance guide (here) to help businesses comply with new vending machine calorie labeling rules, it said (here). Under FDA’s 2014 final rule, vending machine operators do…

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not have to declare calorie information for a food if a prospective purchaser can view certain calorie information on the front of the package, in the nutrition facts label on the food, or in a reproduction of the nutrition facts label on the food subject to certain requirements. Comments on the draft guidance are due Sept. 30, FDA said (here). FDA also posted a list of compliance dates for the final rule (here).