Nutritional Labeling and Education Act NLEA

According to the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act (NLEA, 1993), it is optional to give information about the contents of tocopherols and tocotrienols in food labeling in the United States. If given, the contents should be compared with the Reference Daily Intakes (RDI) for vitamin E of 20 mg a-tocopherol equivalents (30 IU)/day. In Europe, only significant quantities of vitamins can be declared. This... 

The Nutrition Labeling and Education Act (NLEA) was passed in 1990 as a result of a pre-1984 FDA position that prohibited making any therapeutic or disease-related claims on a food or dietary supplement label. The NLEA permits certain claims... 

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 second recent regulatory issue is the Nutritional Labelling and Education Act in the United States [5]. With this legislation, food companies must provide more information on labels so they are faced with a surge of work in the shortterm to do assays to provide information for new labels. Over the long-term after the initial efforts to update labels, it is anticipated that more analytical work will be necessary on an on-going basis compared to pre-NLEA laboratory workloads. 

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. 

Labelling and Education Act of 1990 (NLEA) this is now law in the United States and provides nutritional information to the consumer. Fifteen mandatory nu trients must be listed on the labels, including three trace elements (Ca, Fe, and Na). Thirty four addi tional voluntary nutrients which affect human health may be required in the future and 12 of those are trace elements (K, P, Mg, Zn, I, Se, Cu, Mn, F, Cr, Mo and Cl). 

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