FDA Proposals to Permit the Use of Disease-specific Health Claims on Food Labels: Hearing Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, First Session, December 10, 1987U.S. Government Printing Office, 1988 - 471 pages Abstract: This hearing discusses proposals made FDA to permit disease-specific health claims on food labels. Statements from medical associations and government agencies examine the effect and legality of allowing disease-specific health claims on food labels. |
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... response to your request to discuss recently proposed changes in the Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) policy that would permit use of health - related messages or information on food labeling . As you know , on August 4 , 1987 , FDA ...
... response to your request to discuss recently proposed changes in the Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) policy that would permit use of health - related messages or information on food labeling . As you know , on August 4 , 1987 , FDA ...
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... response to consumers ' interest in losing weight to improve health status , FDA established regulations for the labeling of food as " low " or " reduced " in calories . Second , the - 6 - campaign the Agency launched in 1981 to 16.
... response to consumers ' interest in losing weight to improve health status , FDA established regulations for the labeling of food as " low " or " reduced " in calories . Second , the - 6 - campaign the Agency launched in 1981 to 16.
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... response to the growing body of scientific evidence linking the consumption of fat , particularly saturated fat , and cholesterol with increased risk of heart disease . With the advent of such nutritionally oriented labeling , food ...
... response to the growing body of scientific evidence linking the consumption of fat , particularly saturated fat , and cholesterol with increased risk of heart disease . With the advent of such nutritionally oriented labeling , food ...
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... Responses have been mixed . For those in favor of the concept , the following reasons are given : the American consumer will benefit from additional awareness of how dietary practices can influence the course of human disease ; the ...
... Responses have been mixed . For those in favor of the concept , the following reasons are given : the American consumer will benefit from additional awareness of how dietary practices can influence the course of human disease ; the ...
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... response to our proposal , and I expect this hearing will generate even more comments . We will review all of the many thoughtful comments and suggestions that are being made , and will address them in our promulgation of a final rule ...
... response to our proposal , and I expect this hearing will generate even more comments . We will review all of the many thoughtful comments and suggestions that are being made , and will address them in our promulgation of a final rule ...
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Page 348 - As used in this subsection . . ., the term 'substantial evidence' means evidence consisting of adequate and well-controlled investigations, including clinical investigations, by experts qualified by scientific training and experience to evaluate the effectiveness of the drug involved, on the basis of which it could fairly and responsibly be concluded by such experts that the drug will have the effect it purports or is represented to have under the conditions of use prescribed, recommended, or suggested...
Page 346 - Any drug (except a new animal drug or an animal feed bearing or containing a new animal drug) the composition of which is such that such drug, as a result of investigations to determine its safety and effectiveness for use under such conditions, has become so recognized, but which has not, otherwise than in such investigations, been used to a material extent or for a material time under such conditions.
Page 5 - Formulary, or any supplement to any of them ; and (2) articles intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in man or other animals; and (3) articles (other than food) intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of man or other animals...
Page 333 - ... fails to reveal facts material in the light of such representations or material with respect to consequences which may result from the use of the article to which the labeling or advertising relates under the conditions of use prescribed in the labeling or advertising thereof or under such conditions of use as are customary or usual.
Page 343 - drug," as used in this Act, shall include all medicines and preparations recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary for internal or external use, and any substance or mixture of substances intended to be used for the cure, mitigation, or prevention of disease of either man or other animals. The term
Page 333 - false advertisement" means an advertisement, other than labeling, which is misleading in a material respect; and in determining whether any advertisement is misleading, there shall be taken into account (among other things) not only representations made or suggested by statement, word, design, device, sound, or any combination thereof, but also the extent to which the advertisement...
Page 153 - Its labeling represents, suggests, or implies: (1) That the food because of the presence or absence of certain dietary properties, is adequate or effective in the prevention, cure, mitigation, or treatment of any disease or symptom.
Page 333 - ... not only representations made or suggested by statement, word, design, device, sound or any combination thereof, but also the extent to which the advertisement fails to reveal facts material in the light of such representations or material with respect to consequences which may result from the use of the commodity to which the advertisement relates under the conditions prescribed in said advertisement, or under such conditions as are customary or usual.
Page 337 - If it purports to be or is represented for special dietary uses, unless its label bears such information concerning its vitamin, mineral, and other dietary properties as the board determines to be, and by regulations prescribes as, necessary in order fully to inform purchasers as to its value for such uses.
Page 346 - New drug" means: (a) any drug (except a new animal drug or an animal feed bearing or containing a new animal drug) the composition of which is such that such drug is not generally recognized, among experts qualified by scientific training and experience to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of drugs, as safe and effective for use under the conditions prescribed, recommended, or suggested in the labeling thereof...