Food Labeling: 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; Extension of Comment Period
Federal Register, Volume 79 Issue 101 (Tuesday, May 27, 2014)
Federal Register Volume 79, Number 101 (Tuesday, May 27, 2014)
Proposed Rules
Page 30056
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office www.gpo.gov
FR Doc No: 2014-12095
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
21 CFR Part 101
Docket No. FDA-2004-N-0258 (Formerly Docket No. 2004N-0456)
RIN 0910-AF23
Food Labeling: 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; Extension of Comment Period
AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, the Agency, or we) is extending the comment period for the proposed rule that appeared in the Federal Register of March 3, 2014. In the proposed rule, FDA requested comments on FDA's regulations for serving sizes for the Nutrition Facts Label. We are taking this action in response to requests for an extension to allow interested persons additional time to submit comments.
DATES: FDA is extending the comment period on the proposed rule published on March 3, 2014 (79 FR 11990). Submit either electronic or written comments by August 1, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Electronic Submissions
Submit electronic comments in the following way:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Written Submissions
Submit written submissions in the following ways:
Mail/Hand delivery/Courier (for paper submissions): Division of Dockets Management (HFA-305), Food and Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the Agency name, Docket No. FDA-2004-N-0258, and RIN 0910-AF23 for this rulemaking. All comments received may be posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided. For additional information on submitting comments, see the ``Request for Comments'' heading of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov and insert the docket number, found in brackets in the heading of this document, into the ``Search'' box and follow the prompts and/or go to the Division of Dockets Management, 5630 Fishers Lane, rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cherisa Henderson, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-830), Food and Drug Administration, 5100 Paint Branch Pkwy., College Park, MD 20740, 240-402-5429, email: NutritionProgramStaff@fda.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background
In the Federal Register of March 3, 2014 (79 FR 11990), we published a proposed rule entitled ``Food Labeling: 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'' with a 90-day comment period to request comments on amending the definition of a single-serving container; requiring dual-column labeling for certain containers; updating and modifying several reference amounts customarily consumed; adding several food products and food product categories to the reference amounts customarily consumed per eating occasion for the general food supply; amending the label serving size for breath mints; and making technical amendments to various aspects of the serving size regulations. Comments on the proposed rule will inform FDA's rulemaking to amend the regulations for serving sizes for the Nutrition Facts Label.
We received multiple requests for a 90-day extension of the comment period for the proposed rule. Each request conveyed concern that the original 90-day comment period does not allow sufficient time to develop a meaningful or thoughtful response to the proposed rule.
We have considered the requests and are extending the comment period for the proposed rule for 60 days, until August 1, 2014. We believe that a 60-day extension allows adequate time for interested persons to submit comments without significantly delaying rulemaking on these important issues.
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Request for Comments
Interested persons may submit either electronic comments regarding this document to http://www.regulations.gov or written comments to the Division of Dockets Management (see ADDRESSES). It is only necessary to send one set of comments. Received comments may be seen in the Division of Dockets Management between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, and will be posted to the docket at http://www.regulations.gov.
Dated: May 21, 2014.
Leslie Kux,
Assistant Commissioner for Policy.
FR Doc. 2014-12095 Filed 5-23-14; 8:45 am
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