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Notification No.

Notification Type

Notifying Member

Date of Notification

Final Date for Comments

Days to Final Date

Title

Food Labelling;  Nutrient Content Claims, Definition of Sodium Levels for the Term "Healthy" (17 pages, in English)

Objective

Product Covered

Sodium Labelling (HS Chapter 3, 4, 10, 16-20) (ICS 67)

Document Notification

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HSCODE

16 - PREPARATIONS OF MEAT, OF FISH OR OF CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS OR OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES; 17 - SUGARS AND SUGAR CONFECTIONERY; 10 - CEREALS; 04 - DAIRY PRODUCE; BIRDS' EGGS; NATURAL HONEY; EDIBLE PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED; 19 - PREPARATIONS OF CEREALS, FLOUR, STARCH OR MILK; PASTRYCOOKS' PRODUCTS; 18 - COCOA AND COCOA PREPARATIONS; 20 - PREPARATIONS OF VEGETABLES, FRUIT, NUTS OR OTHER PARTS OF PLANTS; 03 - FISH AND CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS AND OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES

ICSCODE

67 - FOOD TECHNOLOGY

Keywords

Food standards; Labelling; Nutrition information

Specific Regions

Description

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to amend the regulation for sodium levels for foods that use the nutrient content claim "healthy".  FDA is proposing that a previously established, but not yet implemented, more restrictive, second-tier sodium level would be permitted to take effect as a criterion that individual foods must meet to qualify to bear the term "healthy". FDA is proposing to retain the current first-tier sodium level for meal and main dish products because implementing the second-tier sodium level could result in the substantial elimination of meal and main dish products bearing the claim "healthy" from the marketplace.  FDA believes that the proposed sodium levels will help consumers achieve a total diet that is consistent with current dietary recommendations, as the proposed levels will give consumers a reasonable number of "healthy" products from which to choose. FDA has also revised the regulatory text for the definition of "healthy" to clarify the scope of the regulation and conform to the Presidential Memorandum instructing Federal agencies to use plain language.

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