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Summary: Nutrition Facts Label and Serving Size Final Rules

The Nutrition Facts Label Final Rule amends our labeling regulations for foods to provide updated nutrition information on the label to assist consumers in maintaining healthy dietary practices. The Serving Size Final Rule amends our regulations on serving sizes based on newer consumption data and other recent scientific evidence to provide updated serving size information on the label to assist consumers in maintaining healthy dietary practices. These final rules’ impacts are characterized by substantial uncertainty, with annualized benefits shown in our sensitivity analysis to potentially range between $0.2 and $2 or $5 billion, and annualized costs ranging between $0.2, $0.5 and $0.8 billion, over the next twenty years (2014 dollars) at seven percent interest.

Regulatory Impact Analysis

Food Labeling: Revision of the Nutrition and Supplement Facts Labels (Final Rule) and 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 (Final Rule) (PDF - 1.06MB)

Federal Register:

Nutrition Facts and Supplement Facts Label: 81 FR 33742, May 27, 2016

Serving Sizes: 81 FR 34000, May 27, 2016

Docket:

Nutrition Facts and Supplement Facts Label: FDA-2012-N-1210

Serving Sizes: FDA-2004-N-0258

   
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