05.01.02
CSPI Files Petition For Advisory Committee; Rulemaking On Functional Foods
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), Washington, D.C., has filed a petition for rulemaking on functional foods and requests that an advisory committee be established. The petition is requesting FDA develop and promulgate regulations or other guidance for industry on the safety-related information required on labels for functional foods; develop an enhanced system to record and analyze reports of health problems associated with functional foods; issue regulations to clearly establish the nature and extent of evidence companies need to adequately support structure/function claims; require manufacturers of food products making structure/function claims on labels or on labeling to provide notification to the FDA within 30 days after marketing begins; require all foods with structure/function claims to carry the disclaimer currently required on dietary supplements that make such claims and establish an advisory committee to reevaluate the current labeling approaches for foods with novel ingredients to determine whether the distinctions between structure/function claims and health claims are understood by consumers and identify other changes needed to improve consumer understanding of health-related claims.
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), Washington, D.C., has filed a petition for rulemaking on functional foods and requests that an advisory committee be established. The petition is requesting FDA develop and promulgate regulations or other guidance for industry on the safety-related information required on labels for functional foods; develop an enhanced system to record and analyze reports of health problems associated with functional foods; issue regulations to clearly establish the nature and extent of evidence companies need to adequately support structure/function claims; require manufacturers of food products making structure/function claims on labels or on labeling to provide notification to the FDA within 30 days after marketing begins; require all foods with structure/function claims to carry the disclaimer currently required on dietary supplements that make such claims and establish an advisory committee to reevaluate the current labeling approaches for foods with novel ingredients to determine whether the distinctions between structure/function claims and health claims are understood by consumers and identify other changes needed to improve consumer understanding of health-related claims.