Guide to U.S. Food Labeling Law
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- +Tab 100 - Overview: Food Labeling Regulations
- +Tab 200 - General Food Labeling Requirements
- +Tab 300 - Food Names
- +Tab 400 - Ingredient Labeling
- +Tab 500 - Net Quantity of Contents
- +Tab 600 - Nutrition Labeling
- +Tab 700 - Nutrient Content Claims
- +Tab 800 - Health Claims
- +Tab 900 - Special Dietary Food
- +Tab 1000 - Preemption and Enforcement
- +Tab 1100 - Labeling Imported Foods
- +Tab 2000 - USDA Regulated Products
- -Appendix TOC - Administrative Notices, Guidelines
- +A-1 - FTC Enforcement Policy Statement on Food Advertising May 1994
- -A-2 - Label Declaration of Allergenic Substances in Foods, Notice to Manufacturers (6/10/96)
- +A-3 - Draft Guidance: Factors that Distinguish Liquid Supplements from Beverages (12/09)
- -A-4 - Small Entity Compliance Guide: Nutrient Content Claims Definition for “High Potency” and Definition for “Antioxidant” for Use in Nutrient Content Claims for Dietary Supplements and Conventional Foods (7/08)
- +A-5 - Nutrient Content Claims: Health Claims and Statements of Support for Supplements (9/23/97)
- +A-6 — Q&A on Adverse Event Reporting and Recordkeeping for Dietary Supplements (09/13)
- +A-7 - Q&A on the Labeling of Dietary Supplements (09/09)
- +A-8 - Statement of Identity, Nutrition Labeling and Ingredient Labeling of Dietary Supplements (9/23/97)
- -A-9 - Guidance for Industry Structure/Function Claims Small Entity Compliance Guide
- +A-10 - Regulations on Structure/Function Statements Made for Dietary Supplements (02/00)
- -A-11 - Letter to Industry Regarding Undeclared Ingredients in Products Labeled as Dietary Supplements
- -A-12 - Open Letter to Industry From the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Concerning Front-of-Pack Labeling
- -A-13 - Guidance for Industry and FDA: Dear Manufacturer Letter Regarding Food Labeling
- -A-14 - Guidance for Industry Industry Letter Regarding Point of Purchase Food Labeling
- +A-15 - Guidance on Labeling of Foods That Need Refrigeration by Consumers
- +A-16 - Labeling of Certain Beers Subject to the Labeling Jurisdiction of the FDA — December 2014
- +A-17 - Final Guidance Q&A on Food Allergens, including Food Allergen Labeling (Edition 3) (10/06)
- -A-18 - Food Labeling Questions and Answers
- +A-19 - Food Labeling: Health Claims and Label Statements; Dietary Saturated Fat and Cholesterol and Coronary Heart Disease
- +A-20 - Health Claims: Fiber-Containing Fruits, Vegetables, and Grain Products and Cancer and Coronary Heart Disease; and Folic Acid and Neural Tube Defects; Technical Amendment
- +A-21 - Food Labeling: Health Claims and Label Statements; Folate and Neural Tube Defects
- +A-22 - Guidance for Industry and FDA Interim Evidence-based Ranking System for Scientific Data
- -A-23 - Nutrition and Supplement Facts Labels: Questions and Answers Related to the Compliance Date, Added Sugars, and Declaration of Quantitative Amounts of Vitamins and Minerals
- +A-24 - Interim Procedures for Qualified Health Claims in the Labeling of Conventional Human Food and Human Dietary Supplements
- -A-25 - Notification of a Health Claim or Nutrient Content Claim Based on an Authoritative Statement of a Scientific Body
- +A-26 : Significant Scientific Agreement in the Review of Health Claims for Conventional Foods and Dietary Supplements
- +A-27 - Guidance for Industry FDA’s Implementation of “Qualified Health Claims”: Questions and Answers Final Guidance
- +A-28 - Guidance for Industry Evidence-Based Review System for the Scientific Evaluation of Health Claims
- -A-29 - Letter Regarding Dietary Supplement Health Claim for Antioxidant Vitamins and Risk of Certain Cancers
- +A-30 - Letter on Dietary Supplement Health Claim for Folic Acid With Respect to Neural Tube Defects
- +A-31 - Letter Regarding Dietary Supplement Health Claim for Folic Acid, Vitamin B6, and Vitamin B12 and Vascular Disease (Docket No. 99P-3029)
- -A-32 - Letter Regarding Dietary Supplement Health Claim for Selenium and Certain Cancers
- -A-33 : Letter Regarding a Health Claim for Folic Acid and Neural Tube Defects (Docket No. 91N-100H)
- +A-34 - Final Guidance Q&A on Food Allergens, including Food Allergen Labeling (Edition 4) (10/06)
- -A-35 - Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) – Frequently Asked Questions
- -A-36 - Guidelines for the Interim Voluntary Country-of-origin Labeling of Beef, Lamb, Pork, Fish, Perishable Agricultural Commodities and Peanuts
- -A-37 - Frequently Asked Questions: Frequently Asked Questions: Natural Flavorings on Meat and Poultry Labels (8/13)
- +A-38 - FSIS Directive 6700.1: Retained Water in Raw Meat and Poultry Products (11/27/2002)
- -A-39 - Common or Usual Name for Raw Meat and Poultry Products Containing Added Solutions
- -A-40 - Food Product Dating (FSIS)
- -A-41 - FSIS Guideline for Label Approval (January 2023)
- -A-43 - Nutrion Labeling of Single-Ingredient Products and Ground or Chopped Meat and Poultry Products
- -A-44 - Prior Labeling Approval System 9 CFR Parts 306, 317, 320, 327, and 381
- +A-45 - Final Guidance on the Labeling of Certain Uses of Lecithin Derived from Soy (4/06)
- -A-46 - Food Safety and Inspection Service - Classes of Poultry
- -A-47 - Nutrient Content Claims for the Fat, Fatty Acid, and Cholesterol Content of Foods Requirements for Foods Named by Use of a Nutrient Content Claim and a Standardized Term; Technical Amendment
- -A-48 - Food Labeling; Nutrition Labeling, Small Business Exemption
- +A-49 - Trans Fatty Acids in Nutritional Labeling, Nutrient Content Claims and Health Claims (7/11/03)
- +A-51 - Guidelines for Voluntary Nutrition Labeling of Raw Fruits, Vegetables, and Fish; Identification of 20 Most Consumed; and Policy for Data Base Review
- +A-52 - Food Labeling: Mandatory Status of Nutrition Labeling and Nutrient Content Revision, Format for Nutrition Label; Technical Amendments
- +A-53 - Food Labeling: Nutrient Content Claims, Definition of Term: Healthy
- -A-54 - Nutrition Labeling: Nutrient Content Claims on Multi-Serve, Meal-Type Meat and Poultry Products
- -A-55 - Nutrient Content Claims Notification for Choline Containing Foods
- +A-56 - Guidance for Industry Ingredients Declared as Evaporated Cane Juice (05/16)
- +A-57 - Food Labeling; Placement of the Nutrition Label on Food Packages
- +A-58 - Questions and Answers about Trans Fat Nutrition Labeling
- +A-59 - Food Labeling: Reference Daily Intakes
- +A-60 - Food Labeling; Serving Sizes; Reference Amount for Baking Powder, Baking Soda, and Pectin
- +A-61 - Food Labeling; Declaration of Free Glutamate in Food
- +A-62 - Food Labeling; Declaration of Ingredients
- -A-63 - FTC Health Products Compliance Guidance (December 2022)
- -A-64 - U.S. Classes of Poultry, FSIS Final Rule, 76 Fed. Reg. 68058 (11/03/11)
- -A-65 - FTC Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims, 77 Fed. Reg. 62122 (10/11/12)
- -A-66 - Q&As on the Effect of Section 4205 on State and Local Menu and Vending Machine Labeling Laws
- -A-67 - Compliance Guideline for Validating Cooking Instructions for Mechanically Tenderized Beef Products
- -A-68 - Distinguishing Liquid Dietary Supplements from Beverages
- -A-69 - Food Labeling; Gluten-Free Labeling of Foods
- -A-70 - Guidance for Industry/Gluten-Free Labeling of Foods/Small Entity Compliance Guide
- -A-71 - Procedures for Including a ‘Non-Genetically Engineered’ Statement on the Labeling of Meat and Poult
- -A-72 - Rule: Nutrition Labeling for Restaurant-style Food and for Vending Machines
- -A-73 - Guidance: Small Entity Compliance With Nutrition Labeling of Restaurant-style Food
- -A-74 - Declaratory Order Final Determination Regarding Partially Hydrogenated Oils
- -A-75 - Descriptive Designation for Needle- or Blade-Tenderized (Mechanically Tenderized) Beef Products
- -A-76 - Guidance for Industry/Questions and Answers Regarding Mandatory Food Recalls
- -A-77 - FDA’s Policy on Declaring Small Amounts of Nutrients and Dietary Ingredients on Nutrition Labels (07/16)
- -A-78 - A Labeling Guide for Restaurants and Retail Establishments Selling Away-From-Home Foods – Part II
- -A-79 - Mandatory Inspection Of Fish Of The Order Siluriformes And Products Derived From Such Fish
- -A-80 - Voluntary Labeling Indicating Whether Foods Have or Have Not Been Derived from GE Plants
- -A-81 - Nutrient Content Claims; Alpha-Linolenic Acid, Eicosapentaenoic Acid, and Docosahexaenoic Acid
- -A-82 - Country of Origin Labeling (Beef and Pork Repeal) — Frequently Asked Questions
- -A-83 - Declaration of Certain Isolated or Synthetic Non-Digestible Carbohydrates as Dietary Fiber on Nutrition and Supplement Facts Labels (6/18)
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