FDA Food Labeling Regulations – FDA is establishing “… January 1, 2020, as the uniform compliance date for food labeling regulations that are issued between January 1, 2017, and December 31, 2018 …” – FDA has periodically announced “… uniform compliance dates for new food labeling requirements to minimize the economic impact on the food industry of having to respond separately to each change. Occasionally the FDA sets specific compliance dates other than the uniform compliance date when appropriate. For example, the compliance date for the Revision of the Nutrition Facts and Supplements Facts Labels, issued in May 2016, is July 26, 2018, which is more time than would have been permitted under a uniform compliance date … All food products subject to the January 1, 2020 compliance date must comply with the appropriate regulations when initially introduced into interstate commerce on or after January 1, 2020 …”
Document Title: The title of the November 23, 2016 FDA pre-publication Federal Register Final Rule is “Uniform Compliance Date for Food Labeling Regulations”
The title of the November 23, 2016 FDA CFSAN Constituent Update is “FDA Publishes Biennial Uniform Compliance Date for Food Labeling Regulations To Be Issued In 2017-2018”
Organization: The November 23, 2016 pre-publication Federal Register Final Rule was signed on November 18, 2016 by Leslie Kux who is the Associate FDA Commissioner for Policy
Source: November 23, 2016 FDA pre-publication Federal Register Final Rule
November 23, 2016 FDA CFSAN Constituent Update
Comments Due By: Within 60 days after November 25, 2016
Effective Date: November 25, 2016
Web site: The November 23, 2016 FDA pre-publication Federal Register Final Rule is posted at
http://s3.amazonaws.com/public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2016-28333.pdf
* The FDA Final Rule is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on November 25, 2016 and will be made available at
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=FR
The November 23, 2016 FDA CFSAN Constituent Update is posted at
http://www.fda.gov/Food/NewsEvents/ConstituentUpdates/ucm530299.htm
Contact: Questions may be directed to Philip L. Chao who is with the FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition in College Park, Maryland at 240 402 2112; e-mail: Philip.Chao@FDA.HHS.gov
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