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        <RIN>0910-AF99</RIN>
        <PUBLICATION>
            <PUBLICATION_ID>200904</PUBLICATION_ID>
            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
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            <NAME>Food and Drug Administration</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>FDA</ACRONYM>
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            <CODE>0900</CODE>
            <NAME>Department of Health and Human Services</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>HHS</ACRONYM>
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        <RULE_TITLE>Food Labeling; Serving Sizes and Nutrition Labeling </RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[Section 101.9 (21 CFR 101.9) describes the nutrition labeling requirements for foods.  Section 101.12 (21 CFR 101.12) specifies the reference amount customarily consumed per eating occasion for each food category.  The reference amount customarily consumed of a food is the basis for the serving size that is declared in the food's nutrition labeling.  Under section 101.9, the serving size must be expressed in a common household measure that is appropriate to the food.  The most recent change to sections 101.9 and 101.12 was in 1999, when FDA amended these regulations to reduce the reference amount customarily consumed for baking powder, baking soda, and pectin, and to include 1/8 teaspoon as an allowable unit of household measure for nutrition labeling purposes.  FDA has completed a review of sections 101.9 and 101.12 under section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. The purpose of this review was to determine whether the regulations in sections 101.9 and 101.12 should be continued without change, or whether they should be amended or rescinded, consistent with the stated objectives of applicable statutes, to minimize any significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. FDA solicited comments on the following: (1) The continued need for the regulations in sections 101.9 and 101.12; (2) the nature of complaints or comments received concerning the regulations in sections 101.9 and 101.12; (3) the complexity of the regulations; (4) the extent to which the regulations in sections 101.9 and 101.12 overlap, duplicate, or conflict with other Federal rules, and to the extent feasible, with State or governmental rules; and (5) the degree to which technology, economic conditions, or other factors have changed in the area affected by the regulations in sections 101.9 and 101.12.  FDA received no comments and concluded that there is a continuing need for the nutrition labeling and serving size regulations in sections 101.9 and 101.12 and that these regulations should be retained without change.]]></ABSTRACT>
        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Routine and Frequent</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Completed Actions</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>No</MAJOR>
        <UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
        </UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
        <RFA_SECTION_610_REVIEW>Completion of a Section 610 Review</RFA_SECTION_610_REVIEW>
        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>21 CFR 101</CFR>
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        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>15 USC 1453 to 1455</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>21 USC 321</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>21 USC 331</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>21 USC 342 and 343</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>21 USC 348</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>21 USC 371</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
        </LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
        <LEGAL_DLINE_LIST>
            <LEGAL_DLINE_INFO>
                <DLINE_TYPE>Statutory</DLINE_TYPE>
                <DLINE_ACTION_STAGE>Other</DLINE_ACTION_STAGE>
                <DLINE_DATE>03/16/2009</DLINE_DATE>
                <DLINE_DESC>Deadline for Section 610 review</DLINE_DESC>
            </LEGAL_DLINE_INFO>
        </LEGAL_DLINE_LIST>
        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
        <TIMETABLE_LIST>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Begin Review</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>12/12/2008</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>End Review</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>02/10/2009</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
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        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
        <GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>None</GOVT_LEVEL>
        </GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <PRINT_PAPER>Yes</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
        <AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Mary</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Brandt</LAST_NAME>
                <TITLE>Statistician</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>0910</CODE>
                    <NAME>Food and Drug Administration</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>FDA</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>301 436-1788</PHONE>
                <FAX>301 436-1191</FAX>
                <EMAIL>mary.brandt@fda.hhs.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>Center for Food Safey and Applied Nutrition, 5100 Paint Branch Parkway, ONLDS (HFS-820),</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>College Park</CITY>
                    <STATE>MD</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20740</ZIP>
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