Food Labeling: Health Claims; Availability of FDA Report of Effects of Food Label Health Claim Statements; Reopening of Comment Period

Resumen

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a report entitled ``Consumer Impacts of Health Claims: An Experimental Study'' (the FDA Study). The FDA Study is relevant to issues under consideration in the rulemaking that FDA instituted on December 21, 1995, with a proposal to amend its regulations on nutrient content and health claims to provide greater flexibility in the use of these claims on food products. FDA is adding this report and two related studies on abbreviated health claim statements to the administrative record of that rulemaking. In addition, FDA is reopening the comment period for the December 21, 1995, proposed rule (60 FR 66206) to provide interested persons with an opportunity to obtain the FDA Study and to submit comments.