New Labelling Guidelines

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From: Amitabh Agrawal
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 01:23

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According to LA Times, the govt is going to have new labelling
guidelines which will be compulsory for ALL processed foods. The
companies will have to comply by May 1994. The new labels will be
different in the following ways

1. The percentage of calories from fat will be explicitly listed on
the product. 

2. For every nutrient a new metric "Nutrition value"(I am not sure about
the name)" has been specified. This is the percentage of the nutrient
that you are getting from this meal as compared to the daily
requirement (as determined by FDA). E.g. if you are allowed 2400 mg of
sodium and this dish has 240 mg, then the NV will be 10%.

3. The serving size will correspond to an actual serving. E.g. for
cookies a serving size will have to be 30g. 

4. For some nutrients like Riboflavin or niacin or zinc. The
manufacturer will be asked not to supply the information (to avoid
confusion, they say!). I think this one sucks...

Amit

PS: The above is posted from memory and I do not make any claims about
its correctness.

A

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Subject: New Labelling Guidelines
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