RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.23
13February 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-0542)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: UNITED STATES
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Food andDrug Administration (35)
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Food
5. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Food Labelling: Statement of
Identity, Nutrition Labelling andIngredient Labelling andIngredient Labelling of
Dietary Supplements (30pages)
6. Description ofcontent: TheAdministration isproposing toamend itsfoodlabelling
regulations torequire thatdietary supplements beidentified withthestatement ofidentity
"dietary supplement" ontheprincipal display panel ofthelabelandmodify thenutrition
labelling andingredient labelling requirements forthese foods.
7. Objective andrationale: These actions areinresponse totheDietary Supplement Health
andEducation Actof1994 andtoprevent misbranded foods.
8. Relevant documents: 60FR67194, 28December 1995; 21CFR Part101. Will
appear intheFederal Register when adopted.
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: TheAdministration isproposing that
anyfinalruletheymayissue based upon thisproposal become effective 1January 1997.
10. Final dateforcomments: 13March 1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: