Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of

The NLEA has been successful in raising consumer awareness and confidence about the role of nutrition in promoting health and reducing the risk of disease, and has brought structure to a 

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In the United States, additional ramifications maybe expected from FDA s announcement of final regulations for new food labeling requirements under the directive of the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990 (2). Among other things, these regulations limit health claims that can be made on food labels. They also require new information on nutrient content, and limit the use of descriptors such as low and free in association with calories, fat levels, and other food product characteristics. 

Other expansions of FDA s authority include the Dmg Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984, commonly known as the 1984 Amendments or the Waxman-Hatch Act, which was passed to attain quicker marketing of safe, effective, and less expensive generic dmgs and the Safe Medical Device Amendments of 1990, which was passed to correct perceived weaknesses in the implementation of the 1976 Device Amendments. Congress further expanded FDA authority over nutrition labeling and health and nutrient content claims on food labels with the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990. 

AOAC Method 985.29for TDF. This AO AC method (3), referred to as the method of Prosky and co-workers (4), was cited in the Nutritional Labeling and Education Act of 1990 as the general analytical approach for food labeling of dietary fiber content. The method has undergone several modifications for IDE and for the primary fractions, SDE and IDE. 

The Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990 (NLEA). This is an extension of the FDCA and requires that all foods intended for retail sales are provided with nutrition labeling. Mandatory nutrition labeling is not required in most other countries unless a health claim is made. 

The new nutrition labeling regulations, promulgated under the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1993 (54), mandate that only strictly defined terms be used to make nutrient content claims. For example, the term light may only be used on products that have been specifically formulated or altered to meet one of two conditions (1) if the product derives 50% or more of its calories from fat, reduce the fat level by 50% (as compared with a reference product), and (2) if the product derives less than 50% of its calories from fat, reduce the calorie level by one-third (compared with a reference product). Generally, butter products derive more than 50% of their calories from fat and, therefore, must achieve a minimum 50% fat reduction to use the term light. The term reduced when used as a nutrient descriptor requires a formulation alteration that achieves a minimum 25% reduction in the nutrient from a reference product (63). 

Hundreds of thousands of food products are available in the United States, courtesy of a multibillion-doUar-a-year industry. The Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990 (NLEA) requires food manufacturers to list amounts of total fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, sodium, total carbohydrates, dietary fiber, sugars, protein, vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium, and iron in each serving of their products. Total Calories and Calories from fat must also be listed, as well as the ingredients. Food labels include the amount per serving of each nutrient (except vitamins and minerals) and the amount of each nutrient as a percentage of a daily value based on a 2000-Calorie diet. 

The Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-538-Nov. 8, 1990) amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the following changes in food labels ... 

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