FDA Issues Guidance on Nutrition Labeling Regulations, Added Sugar Declarations for Honey, Maple Syrup, and Certain Cranberry Products, and Proper Labeling of Honey Products

We briefly discuss each of the following guidance documents further below:

• Final Guidance for Industry: Reference Amounts Customarily Consumed: List of Products for Each Product Category
• Serving Sizes of Foods That Can Reasonably Be Consumed At One Eating Occasion; Dual-Column Labeling; Updating, Modifying, and Establishing Certain Reference Amounts Customarily Consumed; Serving Size for Breath Mints; and Technical Amendments; Small Entity Compliance Guide
• Final Guidance for Industry: Scientific Evaluation of the Evidence on the Beneficial Physiological Effects of Isolated or Synthetic Non-digestible Carbohydrates Submitted as a Citizen Petition (21 CFR 10.30)
• Draft Guidance for Industry: Declaration of Added Sugars on Honey, Maple Syrup, and Certain Cranberry Products
• Final Guidance for Industry: Proper Labeling of Honey and Honey Products

The deadline for submitting comments on the Draft Guidance concerning the declaration of added sugars for honey, maple syrup, and certain cranberry products is May 1, 2018. Comments should be submitted to Docket No. FDA-2018-D-0075. The other documents are Final Guidance, on which comments can be submitted at any time.

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Authored by Elizabeth Fawell, Leigh Barcham and Christine Forgues.