The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced a public meeting on June 26, 2014 to discuss its two pending proposed rules to update the Nutrition Facts label (and the Supplement Facts label for dietary supplements). Those proposed rules are:
- Food Labeling: Revision of the Nutrition and Supplement Facts Labels
- Food Labeling: Serving Sizes of Foods That Can Reasonably Be Consumed at One Eating Occasion; Dual-Column Labeling; Updating, Modifying and Establishing Certain Reference Amounts Customarily Consumed; Serving Size for Breath Mints; and Technical Amendments
See our February 27th blog post on the proposed rules here.
Given the extensive changes being proposed, a public meeting would seem to be appropriate. The stated purpose of the meeting is to inform the public of the proposed changes and the rulemaking process, to respond to questions about the proposed rules, and to hear oral comments. The transcript of the meeting will become part of the rulemaking’s administrative record. The transcript and a video recording of the meeting will be made available at http://www.fda.gov/Food/ and http://www.regulations.gov.
The meeting will be held in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Jefferson Auditorium, Wing 5, 14th and Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20024 on June 26th from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm. The meeting also will be webcast live for those unable to attend in person. Information about how to register to attend in person or via webcast, how to request a time slot to make an oral presentation, and other details can be found here. Requests to make oral presentations must be submitted by June 12th. The comment period for the proposed rules has been extended and will close on August 1st.
