FDA Labeling

Hi all,

We are small snack company and has no budget to hire a consultant... To my understanding that for packaging that is smaller than 40 inches, vertical format will not longer be accepted and it has to be dual column format if the weight is 200%-300% of RACC ? We are still okay to use the tabular format and linear tabular format as long as the packaging is smaller than 40 inches?

there is guidance just published this month, hopefully this will help out

http://www.inspectio...0/1426607709333

Oops I was talking about FDA's regulation.

there is guidance just published this month, hopefully this will help out

 

 

http://www.inspectio...0/1426607709333

My bad, i saw FDA and that's the links i meant to attach!  Hopefully one or more will help

https://www.regulati...004-N-0258-0136

https://www.fda.gov/...s/ucm074948.htm

Serving Size [21 CFR 101.9(b)(1)]

Serving size must be based on the established reference amount referenced in 21 CFR Section [section] 101.12(b)(See Attachment # 5) except:

1. Food available only through a weight control or weight maintenance program, may determine a serving size that is consistent with the meal plan for their program. The principal display panel for such products must bear the statement "for sale only through the _____ program" with the blank filled in with the name of the program. However, they must use the established reference amounts to determine if the product qualifies to make a claim.
2. Serving size is expressed in common household measure (i.e., cup; tablespoon, teaspoon; piece, slice, fraction (e.g., 1/4 pizza); ounce, fluid ounce) and followed by the equivalent metric quantity in parenthesis. When ounces are used a visual unit must be provided after the metric equivalent (e.g. 1 oz (28g/1" X 1" CUBE) The metric quantity is not required for single serving containers unless nutrition information is required on a drained weight basis [101.9(b)(5)].
3. A package that is sold individually and contains less that 200% of the applicable reference amount is considered to be one serving. However, for products that have reference amounts of 100 g (or ml) of larger, manufacturers may decide whether a package that contains more than 150% but less than 200% of the reference amount is 1 or 2 servings. When a product contains 200% or more of the reference amount, the manufacturer may label the product as a single serving if the entire package can reasonably be consumed at one sitting [101.9(b)(6)].

A new requirement applies to packages (with 40 or more square inches of space available for labeling) that contain from 200- 300% of the RACC amount and for products that are between 200-300% of the RACC per unit (per piece). These products must use a dual column nutrition facts format showing the nutrition values per serving derived from the RACC and a second column showing the nutrition values for the entire package or per 1 unit.

look at 101.9(j)(13)(ii) and 101.9(j)(13)(ii)(A)