FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Nutrition Facts Label Changes

The Food and Drug Administration on Jan. 4 issued two draft guidance documents to assist industry in complying with upcoming changes to nutrition facts labels, it said (here). One of the draft guidance documents (here) “answers questions related to compliance, labeling of added sugars, rounding as it relates to the declaration of quantitative amounts of vitamins and minerals, and label format,” FDA said. The other (here) includes examples of food products included in tables of Reference Amounts Customarily Consumed (RACCs) per Eating Occasion established by FDA. Compliance with changes to nutrition facts labeling, set by two final rules issued in May 2016 (see 1605200021), is required by July 2018, except for small businesses, which will have until July 2019 to comply, FDA said. Comments on the two draft guidance are due March 6, the agency said (here) and (here).