Updating the Nutrition Facts Panel: Easier Said Than Done, for Packagers and FDA

摘要

That specially formatted rectangular box with "Nutrition Facts" in bold letters across the top is the single most recognizable feature of a packaged food label. It's chock-full of detailed data and information about how much of the food's various key components one would receive from eating a serving of it. And as of January 1, several important changes in the box's required content and format started to be required for packaged food companies. Here's some practical advice: You shouldn't be putting food onto the market with the old Nutrition Facts panel on it anymore, if your sales exceed $10 million a year. If your sales are less than that, you have until January 1 of next year to start using the new label. (Some specific products like honey, maple syrup, and other single-ingredient sugars and some cranberry products have until July 1, 2021.)