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Food and beverage industries seek clarification on FDA nutrition labeling rules

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August 24, 2020

The Food & Beverage Issue Alliance has asked the Food and Drug Administration to provide flexibility in enforcing the agency's new nutrition labeling rules. The letter from the alliance, which includes 17 food industry trade organizations, including the National Automatic Merchandising Association, asked the agency to clarify that the one-year enforcement discretion period applies to manufacturers with less than $10 million in annual food sales.

The enforcement period begins Jan. 1.

The FDA has already granted one year of enforcement discretion to companies with greater than $10 million in annual sales, but it is unclear if it also applies to companies with annual sales of less than $10 million, according to a NAMA notice.