{"id":1819,"date":"2010-06-02T13:43:44","date_gmt":"2010-06-02T19:43:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/royceeddington.com\/?p=1819"},"modified":"2010-06-02T13:47:24","modified_gmt":"2010-06-02T19:47:24","slug":"fda-seeks-front-of-package-label-input-foodbusiness-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/royceeddington.com\/?p=1819","title":{"rendered":"FDA seeks front of package label input [FOOD BUSINESS NEWS]"},"content":{"rendered":"

In some more magazine-reading-based news<\/a>, I saw in Food Business News<\/a> in their May 11 2010 issue on page 15 that the FDA “…has requested that any parties interested in the issues of front-of-package nutrition labels and retail shelf tags submit comments as well as data regarding the topics.”<\/p>\n

Wow. The FDA wants input from everyone on what to put on the front of foodstuff packaging? That’s fairly progressive!<\/p>\n

The Food Business News article says that… “specifically, the agency would like to learn more about the extent to which consumers notice, use and understand nutrition symbols on front-of-pack labeling of food packages or on shelf tags in retail stores; research that assesses and compares the effectiveness of particular approaches to front-of-pack labeling; graphic design, marketing and advertising data and information that can help develop better point-of-purchase nutrition information; and how point-of-purchase information may affect decisions by food manufacturers to reformulate products.”<\/p>\n

So what would you like to see on the front of food packaging? What nutritional information would you require at a glance? How should it look graphically?<\/p>\n

Personally, I want to see a foodstuff’s calories, fat content, carb content, number of servings per container, and whether or not it is organic in a big font in the front and left corner with no graphics from the foodstuff to obstruct the information. Everything else can stay on the nutrition label on the side.<\/p>\n

The article goes on to say… “the F.D.A. is accepting comments until July 28, 2010. Comments may be sent to http:\/\/www.regulations.gov, by entering Docket No. FDA-2010-N-0210. Written comments also may be sent to the Division of Dockets Management (HFA-305) Food and Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, Room 1061, Rockville Md., 20852.”<\/p>\n

Cool!<\/p>\n

Here’s the link to the article on Food Business News<\/a> (it has a annoying register-to-read requirement, but the link I posted might get around that). If that first link didn’t work, try this one<\/a>. Just in case both of those do not work, below is a scan of the original magazine article.<\/p>\n

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FDA seeks front of package nutrition labeling info<\/p><\/div>\n

BTW, Food Business News<\/a> is one of my favorite magazines because of the info I get on the retail food industry. Their website could be better if it wasn’t a “register-to-read” site, but the articles online and in print are always top notch. I re-subscribe to these guys all the time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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