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RIN: 0910-AF23

Publication ID: Spring 2011

Title: Food Labeling; Serving Sizes of Products That Can Reasonably Be Consumed at One Eating Occasion; Updating of Reference Amounts Customarily Consumed; Approaches for Recommending Smaller Portion Sizes
Abstract: Section 403(q)(1)(A)(i) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 343(q)(1)(A)(i)) requires that certain foods under FDA's jurisdiction bear nutrition information that provides the serving size, which is an amount customarily consumed and which is expressed in a common household measure appropriate to the food. As part of FDA's efforts to combat the Nation's obesity problem, the ANPRM solicited recommendations on ways to amend certain provisions of FDA's nutrition labeling regulations concerning serving size and on other approaches to encourage cnsumers to eat smaller portions.
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services(HHS)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-Term Actions
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 21 CFR 101.9 21 CFR 101.12 21 CFR 101.60(b)
Legal Authority: 21 USC 321 21 USC 343 21 USC 371

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
ANPRM	04/04/2005	70 FR 17010
ANPRM Comment Period End	06/20/2005
NPRM	To Be Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined	Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Federalism: Undetermined
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Jill Kevala Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-830), 5100 Paint Branch Parkway, College Park, MD 20740 Phone:301 436-1450 Fax:301 436-1191 Email: jillone.kevala@fda.hhs.gov