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. The proposal would also revise the footnote
appearing on the Nutrition Facts label “to help consumers understand
the percent daily value concept.” FDA has reopened a 60-day comment
period addressing its proposed revisions.

“The FDA has a responsibility to give consumers the information they
need to make informed dietary decisions for themselves and their
families,” Susan Mayne, director of the FDA’s Center for Food Safety and
Applied Nutrition, was quoted as saying in a July 24, 2015, press release.
“For the past decade, consumers have been advised to reduce their intake
of added sugars, and the proposed percent daily value for added sugars
on the Nutrition Facts label is intended to help consumers follow that
advice.”

 

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