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8 January 2021  
(21-0309) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Health and Human Services 
(HHS) [1716]  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the not ification shall be indicated if different from above:   
Please submit comments to: USA WTO TBT Enquiry Point, Email: usatbtep@nist.gov  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [   ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other  [X]:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Food 
labeling; Food products in general (ICS 67.040)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Uniform 
Compliance Date for Food Labeling Regulations (3 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Final rule - The Food and D rug Administration (FDA or we) is 
establishing 1 January 2024, as the uniform compliance date for food labeling regulations 
that are published on or after 1 January 2021, and on or before 31 December 2022. We 
periodically announce uniform compliance dates for new food labeling requirements to 
minimize the economic impact of labeling changes.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling  
8. Relevant documents:   
• 86 Federal Register (FR) 462, 6 January 2021; Title  21 Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) Part 101:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-01-06/html/2020 -29273.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-01-06/pdf/2020 -29273.pdf  
This final rule is identified by Docket Number FDA -2000-N-0011. The Docket Folder is 
available on Regulations.gov  at https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=FDA -2000-N-
0011 and provides access to primary document s as well as comments received. 
Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov  by searching the Docket Number. 
WTO Members and their stakeholders are asked to submit comments to the USA TBT 
Enquiry Point . Comments received by the USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO Members and 
their st akeholders will be shared with the regulator and will also be submitted to the 
Docket  on Regulations.gov  if received wi thin the comment period.  G/TBT/N/USA/1686  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  6 January 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 January 2024  
10. Final date for comments:  8 March 2021  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/USA/21_0307_00_e.pdf  
 