Volume 14, Number
6 - June 2014
Hello from
Food Label News.
As Spring draws to a close, we celebrate health this season
with a focus on health claims in Canada, part of our series
on package claims in the U.S. and Canada, and a Reader Q&A
on omega-3 fatty acids. Be sure to check out what's
happening in the Food Label Community on LinkedIn for more
healthy chat. To your health!
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Package Claims: U.S. & Canada
Part 7 of 8
Canadian Health Claims
This month's installment in our 8-part series overviews
Canadian health claims. This series is designed to help food
labelers become familiar with what claims and label
statements are allowable and how to position a product’s
nutritional attributes to achieve marketing objectives.
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Health claims in Canada suggest or imply that a
relationship exists between consumption of a
food (or an ingredient in the food) and health.
Consult the guide for information about disease
risk reduction claims and function claims
including food or food constituent function
claims and nutrient function claims, and get a
helpful reference on acceptable nutrient
function claims for Canada. |
View/print
Part 7 of the series.
If you missed earlier parts of the series you can view
and download them now:
Part 1,
Part 2,
Part 3,
Part 4,
Part 5,
Part 6. The print-ready pages from all parts of the
series will add up the complete regulatory guide for
U.S. and Canadian package claims. |
What's News in the Food Label
Community
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"Made with Sea Salt" claim on
a U.S. meat
or poultry product |
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Labeling requirements for
Enriched Flour in U.S. and
Canada |
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Louisiana food label submissions |
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Added Sugars in the Proposed NFP – a
passionate topic for many |
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Proposed
NFP public meeting on June 26, comment period now ends August 1 |
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Reader Q&A
Find
answers to our readers'
questions or send us
your question for an
upcoming issue.
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I was surprised to find %DV for Omega-3 Fatty Acid (ALA)
within the Supplement Facts for flax seed and chia seed
labels. It appears that the company used 1.6g as the
Daily Value for ALA, although I could not find anything
on the FDA website to show that a Daily Value (RDI or
DRV) has been set for Omega-3s or ALA. Have I missed
something from FDA?
− M.C., Washington, Consultant
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A. |
You are correct, FDA has not established RDIs or DRVs
for any of the Omega-3 Fatty Acids, therefore it is not
compliant to show a % Daily Value within the Supplement
Facts box. On April 28, 2014 (after you submitted your
question), FDA issued a Final Rule prohibiting most
Omega-3 Fatty Acid claims but indicated that the agency
will not take enforcement action against companies
using certain ALA claims based on the earlier Martek
notification. In this ruling, FDA did not establish any
Daily Values (DVs) for Omega-3s.
Read more. |
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