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HHS/FDA RIN: 0910-AA19 Publication ID: Spring 1999 
Title: Food Labeling Review 
Abstract: The Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990 (NLEA) requires that most foods bear nutrition labeling. The agency issued final rules implementing most of the provisions contained in the NLEA on January 6, 1993. Subsequently, however, the agency has identified additional areas that should be the subject of rulemaking. FDA issued a proposal on January 6, 1993, to establish requirements for the identification of certain ingredients on food labels. FDA proposed on June 15, 1993, to amend its January 6, 1993, final rules on nutrient content and health claims to remove the provisions that exempted restaurant menus from the requirements for how nutrient content claims and health claims are to be made. The agency proposed on January 4, 1994, to establish reference daily intakes based on the 9th and 10th editions of the National Research Council's Recommended Dietary Allowances. On March 14, 1994, FDA published a proposal implementing the provisions for exemptions from nutrition labeling for low-volume food products of small businesses that were established by the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act Amendments of 1993. On August 18, 1993, FDA published a proposal concerning the placement of the nutrition facts panel on food labels. Finally, on July 18, 1994, FDA published proposed revised guidelines for the voluntary declaration of nutrition labeling for raw produce and fish. A final rule concerning the placement of the nutrition facts panel was published on April 5, 1995. A final rule establishing reference daily intakes based on the 9th and 10th editions of Recommended Dietary Allowances was published on December 28, 1995. FDA published a final rule on August 2, 1996, on nutrient content claims and health claims to remove the provisions that exempted restaurant menus from the requirements for how nutrient content claims and health claims are to be made. FDA published a final rule on August 7, 1996, implementing the exemption for small businesses from the requirements for nutrition labeling and providing instructions on how to file a notice claiming the exemption. FDA published on August 16, 1996, final guidelines on the voluntary declaration of nutrition labeling for raw produce and fish. 
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services(HHS)  Priority: Routine and Frequent 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-Term Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 21 CFR 100    21 CFR 101    21 CFR 102    21 CFR 161   
Legal Authority: 15 USC 1453    15 USC 1454    15 USC 1455    21 USC 321    21 USC 331    21 USC 342    21 USC 343    21 USC 348    21 USC 371   

Child RIN List:
RIN Title
0910-AE15 Amend Standard of Identity for Grain Products (Folic Acid)
0910-AE08 Health Claims and Label Statements
0910-AE11 Misleading Containers; Nonfunctional Slack Fill
0910-AE16 Nutrient Content Claims and Health Claims; Restaurant Foods
0910-AE12 Nutrient Content, Definition of the Term, Healthy
0910-AE09 Placement of Nutrition Facts Panel
0910-AE14 Protein Hydrolysates; Broth in Tuna; and/or Labeling
0910-AE07 Reference Daily Intakes
0910-AE10 Small Business Exemption, Nutrition Labeling
0910-AE13 Voluntary Guidelines for Nutrition Labeling Produce
Additional Information: Previously reported under RIN 0905-AD89.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes  Government Levels Affected: Federal, State 
Small Entities Affected: Businesses 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
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