Food Labeling; Net Quantity of Contents; Compliance; Reopening of Comment Period

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reopening until December 1, 1997, the comment period on a proposed rule that was published in the Federal Register of March 4, 1997 (62 FR 9826). The document proposed to revise the agency's human and animal food labeling regulations that pertain to declarations of net quantity of contents on food packages. This action is being taking to allow interested persons additional time to submit comments to FDA on a survey sponsored by the Federal Trade Commission on the accuracy of net content labeling of milk and other products.