FDA Delays Effective Date for Final Rule on Food Labeling and Defining 'Healthy'
The FDA has pushed back the effective date of a final rule on food labeling in response to President Donald Trump's Jan. 20 executive order calling for a regulatory freeze.
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The final rule, "Food Labeling: Nutrient Content Claims; Definition of Term 'Healthy,'" now will take effect April 28, a Federal Register notice said. It had been scheduled to go into effect Feb. 24. The Feb. 25, 2028, compliance date (see 2412230046) will not change with this effective date delay.
The final rule seeks to ensure that the implied nutrient content claim "healthy" is consistent with current nutrition science and federal dietary guidance, particularly the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. It revises the requirements for when the term “healthy” can be used as an implied nutrient content claim in the labeling of human food products.