U.S. flag An official website of the United States government

On Oct. 1, 2024, the FDA began implementing a reorganization impacting many parts of the agency. We are in the process of updating FDA.gov content to reflect these changes.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration
  1. Home
  2. Regulatory Information
  3. Search for FDA Guidance Documents
  4. Draft Guidance for Industry: Voluntary Disclosure of Sesame as an Allergen
  1. Search for FDA Guidance Documents

GUIDANCE DOCUMENT

Draft Guidance for Industry: Voluntary Disclosure of Sesame as an Allergen November 2020

Download the Draft Guidance Document Read the Federal Register Notice
Draft

Not for implementation. Contains non-binding recommendations.

Docket Number:
FDA-2020-D-0530
Issued by:
Guidance Issuing Office
Human Foods Program

We are issuing this guidance to provide food manufacturers with our current views on sesame as an allergen and to provide recommendations to voluntarily disclose sesame in certain circumstances where such disclosure is not currently required. The guidance is intended to help individuals who are allergic to sesame identify those foods that may contain sesame as an ingredient.

FDA’s guidance documents, including this guidance, do not establish legally enforceable responsibilities. Instead, guidances describe our current thinking on a topic and should be viewed only as recommendations, unless specific regulatory or statutory requirements are cited. The use of the word should in FDA guidances means that something is suggested or recommended, but not required.

Download Guidance

Related Information

Submit Comments

Submit Comments Online

You can submit online or written comments on any guidance at any time (see 21 CFR 10.115(g)(5))

If unable to submit comments online, please mail written comments to:

Dockets Management
Food and Drug Administration
5630 Fishers Lane, Rm 1061
Rockville, MD 20852

All written comments should be identified with this document's docket number: FDA-2020-D-0530.

Back to Top