2018-04281: The Declaration of Added Sugars on Honey, Maple Syrup, and Certain Cranberry Products; Draft Guidance for Industry; Availability
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry entitled "The Declaration of Added Sugars on Honey, Maple Syrup, and Certain Cranberry Products: Guidance for Industry." The draft guidance, when finalized, will advise food manufacturers of our intent to exercise enforcement discretion related to the use in the Nutrition Facts label of a symbol "[dagger]" immediately after the added sugars percent Daily Value information on certain foods. The symbol would lead the reader to truthful and non-misleading statements outside the Nutrition Facts label to provide additional information regarding the added sugars present in particular foods.
The agency’s own summary, as published.
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Amends 1 part of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.
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