FDA Perspectives on Food Label Claims in the United States

Nutraceutical and Functional Food Regulations in the United States and Around the World: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 121-140

  Hoadley, James E ^a   Craig Rowlands, J ^b  

^a EAS Consulting Group   (United States)

^b DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary supplement health and education act; Evidence based ranking system; Health claim; Nutrient content claim; Nutrition facts panel; Nutrition labeling education act; Structure Function claim

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902228478     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-405870-5.00008-6     Document Type: Chapter

References (12)

1. Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990. Public Law 101-535. November 8, 1990. Summary available at mailto:http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d101:HR03562:@@@D&summ1&TOM:/bss/d101query.html.
2. Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994. Public Law 103-417. October 25, 1994. Available at http://www.fda.gov/RegulatoryInformation/Legislation/FederalFoodDrugandCosmeticActFDCAct/SignificantAmendmentstotheFDCAct/ucm148003.htm.
3. Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act of 1997. Public Law 105-115. November 21, 1997. Available at http://www.fda.gov/RegulatoryInformation/Legislation/FederalFoodDrugandCosmeticActFDCAct/SignificantAmendmentstotheFDCAct/FDAMA/default.htm.
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7. Food and Drug Administration. Guidance for Industry: Evidence-Based Review System for the Scientific Evaluation of Health Claims. January 2009. Available at http://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/GuidanceDocumentsRegulatoryInformation/LabelingNutrition/ucm073332.htm.
8. Food and Drug Administration. Guidance for Industry: Notification of a Health Claim or a Nutrient Content Claim Based on an Authoritative Statement of a Scientific Body, June 1998. Available at http://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/GuidanceDocumentsRegulatoryInformation/LabelingNutrition/ucm056975.htm.
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10. Food and Drug Administration. Guidance for Industry and FDA: Interim Evidence-Based Ranking System for Scientific Data. July 10, 2003. Available at http://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/GuidanceDocumentsRegulatoryInformation/LabelingNutrition/ucm053832.htm.
11. Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission. Dietary Supplements: An Advertising Guide for Industry. April 2001. Available at http://business.ftc.gov/documents/bus09-dietary-supplements-advertising-guide-industry.
12. Food and Drug Administration. Guidance for Industry: Substantiation for Dietary Supplement Claims Made Under Section 403(r)(6) of the Federal Food Drug, and Cosmetic Act, November 2004. Available at http://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/GuidanceDocumentsRegulatoryInformation/DietarySupplements/ucm073200.htm.