FDA Provides Reference Table on Serving Sizes for Food Labeling
A new Food and Drug Administration guidance document lists appropriate serving sizes for various types of food for compliance with nutrition facts labeling requirements. The March 1 guidance includes a list of product categories, serving sizes for those categories and…
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formatting for serving size statements, along with a list for each category of examples of products that fall within. “To comply with the [nutrition facts serving size labeling] requirements ... food manufacturers should determine the food category into which specific products belong and label the food products with the appropriate label serving size based on the reference amount of the product customarily consumed,” FDA said.