Dr. Scott Gottlieb, the new FDA head, is creating confusion about the UPDATED Nutrition Facts compliance date.
Food Navigator broke the story and well worth the read.
He spoke at a politico summit and suggested one date…then tweeted a different date. Once the date is officially published in the Federal Register, then we will have a new target.Scott Gottlieb, The 23rd Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, tweeted an oops.
….this hour’s thinking is that the new date is 18 months out….mid-2019.
This would likely coincide with the required disclosure of genetically engineered ingredient content on foods and supplements.
Knowledge Bank’s next courses for labeling and Nutrition Facts update are next week! http://knowledge-bank.net/training/
The key takeaway — “TWEETS” are like “water cooler” gossip. Tweets and stories must be carefully considered and suspect until proven otherwise. Tweets are not “legal” announcements of regulations. The Federal Register remains the only way a regulation can become official. Even the eCFR (Electronic Code of Federal Regulations) states “It is not an official legal edition of the CFR.” Only the printed Federal Register remains the official mechanism.