FDA Extends Menu Labeling Comment Period to August 2

NACS urges its members to file comments with the agency before the new deadline.

June 30, 2017

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Convenience retailers have a few more weeks to impact a possible rewrite of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) menu labeling rule. The agency delayed its rule until 2018, largely due to a petition filed by NACS and the National Grocers Association.

The FDA announced yesterday that it would extend the comment period for the interim final rule an additional 30 days to August 2, 2017, to allow for more time for comments to be submitted. NACS will be filing comments on behalf of the association, but it is also important that convenience retailers file their own comments with the FDA.

To file comments, NACS has made the process easy; click here to access an instructional page with directions and direct links to file comments electronically. NACS has also prepared a letter template, in which retailers can change the highlighted sections to fit their own information. NACS also encourages retailers to personalize their comments as much as possible. Oftentimes, agencies that receive identical letters will combine them into one, even if they originate from different sources.

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