Category: Issue 573
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FDA Guidance on ECJ Labeling to Appear in 2016
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has told a California federal court that the agency will not issue guidance until 2016 about the use of “evaporated cane juice” (ECJ)—which plaintiffs nationwide assert is merely sugar—on food and beverage labeling. Swearingen v. Late July Snacks LLC, No. 13-4324 (N.D. Cal., agency letter filed July 13,…
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FDA Proposes Added Sugar Details on Nutrition Labels
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued proposed revisions to the required information appearing in food and beverage products’ Nutrition Facts labels. The changes include a required declaration of the percent daily value for added sugars based on the recommendation that daily intake from added sugars not exceed 10 percent of total calories.…