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Volume 14, Number
10 - October 2014
Happy Fall from Food Label News.
Continue to be in the know about the upcoming changes in
food labels and what it means to your organization. We cover
another important aspect of these changes in this month's
article, 2 of 4 in the series. Read on to understand the
main differences between what will be required for each of
the nutrients within the Nutrition
Facts. As always, we're happy to have you join the
conversation in the
Food Label Community on LinkedIn to share your
perspectives and chime in on others'.
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Label Changes are Coming: Be Prepared
with
Part 2 of 4-part Series
Industry insiders know that FDA proposed changes to
nutrition labeling would affect virtually every label
for U.S. products. While the comments to the proposed rules
are in the process of evaluation, food labelers are
increasingly interested to know how their product labels
will be affected.
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This issue of Food Label News
highlights one of the main differences:
changes to Daily Values and which nutrients
are included within Nutrition Facts. Here
are the key points: |
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Calories from Fat will no longer be
displayed.
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Vitamin D and Potassium become mandatory
nutrients while Vitamin A and Vitamin C become
voluntary nutrients. |
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Added Sugars will now be declared, indented
under Sugars, as a part of Total Carbs. Be
sure to note the proposed definition for
Added Sugars that includes not only sugar
(sucrose) but also other free, mono- and
disaccharides such as corn syrup, dextrose,
fruit juice concentrate, molasses, etc. |
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Daily Value for five vitamins will be
expressed in new units, each with their own
conversion factors: Vitamin A now in mcg
RAE, Vitamin D now in mcg, Vitamin E now in
mg, Niacin now in mg NE, and Folate now in
mcg DFE. |
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Daily Values have been updated to reflect
the latest recommendations from National
Academies of Science and other research.
This resulted in changes to the Daily Values
for 25 nutrients. |
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See a
quick comparison of Daily Values and which nutrients are
included within the proposed Nutrition Facts. |
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Food labelers are wise to understand how these proposed
regulations will affect both the Nutrition Facts panel and the claims
made for the products they champion. Consider an audit for how your
products will be affected.
Contact us. |
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What's News in the Food Label
Community
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FDA and JIFSAN Nutrition Webinar |
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USDA Child Nutrition Program |
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Label Review Software |
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New Zealand "Guidance on Determining the Shelf Life
of Food" |
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Is butterfat in chocolate considered an allergen? |
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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 have a question regarding the signature line: If a
large corporate retailer has multiple locations that
process and pack food, can the corporate address appear
in the signature line of the food label in lieu of the
specific location where the product was made? Would the
correct verbiage be "Manufactured by" or would it change
to "Manufactured for"? − J.B., New York,
Manufacturer
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The signature line is intended to express product
responsibility. If the company manufactures, packs, or
distributes a food at a place other than its principal
place of business, the label may state the principal
place of business instead of where the food was actually
manufactured, packed, or distributed. If however, the
company name and address shown on the label is not that
of the manufacturer, then an accompanying phrase needs
to qualify the relationship between the company and
product. Examples of qualifiers include: "Manufactured for",
"Distributed by", "Imported by", "Manufactured
under the authority of."
Read more on this topic. |
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