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Eurofins provides nutrition labeling services to help companies comply with updated FDA regulations. Major changes include larger serving sizes, added sugars requirements, and vitamin/mineral units. Eurofins can assist with nutrition analysis, label reviews, and record keeping required to verify labels meet regulations. They also offer training on the labeling changes.

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Navigating Nutrition Labels Slides

Eurofins provides nutrition labeling services to help companies comply with updated FDA regulations. Major changes include larger serving sizes, added sugars requirements, and vitamin/mineral units. Eurofins can assist with nutrition analysis, label reviews, and record keeping required to verify labels meet regulations. They also offer training on the labeling changes.

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Navigating

Nutrition Labels
Before We Begin

• This webinar is being recorded.

• A copy of the slides and recording will be available


in 2 business days.

• Q&A to follow the presentation.


Submitting Questions

Submit
questions here
Tweet questions to @eurofins
using #NutritionLabel
Eurofins Mission and Vision

Mission:
Contribute to global health
and safety through our high
quality services Delivering customer satisfaction by listening to and
exceeding customer expectations and seeking
innovative solutions to help our customers achieve
their goals
Full Service Provider
Recognized for its global capabilities in food safety & environmental testing

Chemistry
Food Safety
Testing
Services

Microbiology
Testing
Our Global Expertise
Global Presence with Local Service

A connected
Local network for
competence issues
affecting
centers multiple
markets
NLEA

• Nutritional Labeling and Education Act provides the FDA with specific
authority to require nutrition labeling of most food regulated by the agency

• No preclearance labeling requirements or certificate of label approvals for


FDA regulated food products
 Manufacturers are responsible for ensuring their labels conform to applicable
FDA labeling laws and regulations.

• Project managers at Eurofins are available to assist with inquires regarding


nutrition labeling requirements and general information about the CFR
FDA Updates

•Initially proposed in May 2016 for compliance in July


2018/2019

•Proposed rule by FDA in September 2017 for


extension of compliance dates to January 2020
Companies with annual food sales of less than
$10 million have one extra year to comply

•Focus of changes
• Consumer education
• Recommendations based on Institute of Medicine
• Expectation for manufacturers to keep
documentation to ensure compliance
Label Format Changes

Serving size – larger, bolder type


Calories enlargement, Calories
From Fat no longer listed

Updated daily values

Addition of added sugars

Vitamins/minerals declared in
actual amounts (and %DV)
Updated footnote
Nutrients – what’s in, what’s out?

In X Out
• Mandatory: Potassium, Vitamin • Vitamin A/Vitamin C relegated to
voluntary
D, Added Sugars
• Calories From Fat, Other
• Voluntary: Fluoride, Choline Carbohydrates

• International Units (IU) replaced


(optional for Vitamin D only)

• Changes based on dietary recommendations from Institute of Medicine


Dietary Fiber
• Previously defined by analytical method
• Updated definition:
 Isolated or synthetic non-digestible carbohydrates (with 3 or more monomeric units)
determined by FDA to have physiological effects that are beneficial to human health

• Currently approved fibers based on above definition


- Beta-glucan soluble fiber - Guar Gum - Hydroxypropylmethylcellulose
- Psyllium husk - Pectin
- Cellulose - Locust bean gum

• List of 26 fibers currently under FDA review to determine as beneficial /non-


beneficial
Dietary Fiber

• Existing Dietary Fiber analytical methods


cannot distinguish source of fiber
• Manufacturer record-keeping becomes
required
 “The manufacturer must make and keep
records … to verify the declared amount of
dietary fiber in the label and labeling of food
when a mixture of dietary fiber, and added
non-digestible carbohydrate(s) that does not
meet the definition of dietary fiber, is present in
the food”

Source: http://www.esha.com/labeling-compliance/dietary-fiber-nutrition-facts-label
Added Sugars
• Expressed on label as “Includes xx g Added
Sugars” -- Sub-category of Total Sugars
• Definition
“Added sugars are either added during the processing of foods, or are
packaged as such, and include sugars (free, mono- and disaccharides), sugars
from syrups and honey, and sugars from concentrated fruit or vegetable juices
that are in excess of what would be expected from the same volume of 100
percent fruit or vegetable juice of the same type, except that fruit or vegetable
juice concentrated from 100 percent juices sold to consumers, fruit or vegetable
juice concentrates used towards the total juice percentage label declaration.
(21CFR101.9)

• Daily Value = 50 g
• No current analytical method that can distinguish
natural vs. added sugars
• Manufacturer record keeping!
Vitamins – Unit Changes

1 Vitamin A 3 Vitamin E - Reported in mg α-


tocopherol
• To be reported as mcg RAE (Retinol Activity
Equivalents) 4 Folate / Folic Acid
• Supplemental versus Dietary Beta Carotene
• Reported as mcg DFE (Dietary Folate
 Analytical method cannot distinguish – record keeping! Equivalents)
 Analytical method cannot distinguish – record keeping!

2 Vitamin D - Reported as mcg (optionally


expressed as IU) 5 Niacin
• Reported as mg Niacin Equivalents
• Takes Tryptophan into account
Serving Sizes

• RACC’s (Reference Amounts


Customarily Consumed) are serving
sizes of foods that can be reasonably
consumed at one eating occasion.
Increased toward what is realistically
consumed

Source: FDA
Dual column requirements

• Containers that hold between 2 and 3 servings


(2 – 3 x RACC) are required to have a dual-
column label
• Per Serving and Per Container
• Headings of each column are editable and
can be updated based on customer need
Supplements Facts Panels

• Are Supplement Facts Panels impacted? YES.

• Fewer formatting changes, but the same rules


apply
 New Dietary Fiber and Added Sugar
Requirements

• Daily Values calculated in the same manner as


Nutrition Facts, so DV changes will directly impact
supplements.
Restaurant/Menu Labeling
• FDA will begin enforcing new regulations for menu labeling on May 5th, 2018
• Who has to comply?
 Restaurants and similar retail food establishments that are part of a chain of 20 or
more locations doing business under the same name (e.g. franchises), and any
establishment offering for sale restaurant-type foods.
Chain restaurants Retail food establishments
Coffee shops Vending machines
Fast food chains Grocery stores

• Who is exempt?
 Anyone may voluntarily register to menu label enforcement, however, food trucks,
sidewalk carts, trains/airline, chains with fewer than 20 locations are exempt.
Restaurant/Menu Labeling

• Required information
• Calories
• Calorie Statement
• Additional information posted or readily
available upon request

• Rules not concerned with format or font (size, color,


etc.), other than that it has to be “obvious”.
• Calories must be “clearly associated with” and
“adjacent to” name or picture of the standard menu
item
How Can Eurofins Assist?

Eurofins Nutrition Analysis Center Eurofins Training and Consulting


•Full mandatory nutrition packages • Label Review
•Current and modern FDA regulation • Food Safety Trainings
•Mandatory and voluntary
nutrients
Eurofins GeneScan
•Creation of FDA-compliant, • Allergen testing
photo-ready nutrition • GMO Testing
facts panels • Non-GMO & organic label
•Restaurant/Menu labeling packages claims
• Gluten-Free label claims
FDA Label Reviews (U.S.)
Questions?

Use the Question Use hashtag


box in your Tweet your question #NutritionLabel on
GoToWebinar to LinkedIn or Twitter
dashboard @Eurofins
Opportunities

NEW – Releasing Feb. 9 Register at:


EurofinsUS.com/food
2018 Eurofins Nutrition
Labeling Guide
Thank you!
Questions? [email protected]

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