Define "healthy" on food labels. The FDA wants your input.

The FDA is looking to redefine the word "healthy" on food labeling and they want your input! Here's your chance to let the FDA know what you want food that's labeled "healthy."

"FDA is issuing a guidance document (Guidance for Industry: Use of the Term "Healthy" in the Labeling of Human Food Products) stating that FDA does not intend to enforce the regulatory requirements for products that use the term if certain criteria described in the guidance document are met."

Here is your chance to make your voice heard! 

Submit Comments and Information

The comment period for the Request for Information and the Guidance for Industry starts on September 28, 2016.

Submit electronic comments on http://www.regulations.gov to docket folder FDA-2016-D-2335.

Submit written comments to:

Division of Dockets Management (HFA-305)
Food and Drug Administration
5630 Fishers Lane, rm. 1061
Rockville, MD 20852. 
All comments should be identified with the docket number FDA-2016-D-2335.

For additional information on commenting, including details on making submissions with confidential information, see:

• Federal Register Notice for the Request for Information
• Federal Register Notice for the Guidance for Industry

I know I can count on the Green Grandma community to speak up! Let's do it, folks!

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