G/TBT /N/USA/1264  
 
26 January 2017  
(17-0519) 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 AME RICA 
If applicable, name of local government involved  (Article 3.2 and 7.2) : 
2. Agency responsible : Food Safety and Inspe ction Service (FSIS), Department of Agriculture 
(USDA) [1284]  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification  shall be indicat ed if different from above : 
Please submit comments to : USA WTO TBT Enquiry Point  
Email : usatbtep@nist.gov   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], other : 
4. Products covered (HS or C CCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Meat and poultry 
products . Meat, meat products and other animal produce (ICS : 67.120)  
5. Title, number of pages  and language(s)  of the not ified document : Revision of the 
Nutrition Facts Labels for Meat and Poultry Products and Updating Certain Reference 
Amounts Customarily Consumed (92 pages, in English)  
6. Description of content : Consistent with the recent changes that the Food and Drug 
Administration (FDA) finalized, the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is proposing 
to amend the nutrition labeling requirements for meat (including fish of the order 
Siluriformes) and poultry products to better reflect the most recent scientific rese arch and 
dietary recommendations and to improve the presentation of nutrition information to assist 
consumers in maintaining healthy dietary practices. FSIS is proposing to update the list of 
nutrients that are required or permitted to be declared; provide  updated Daily Reference 
Values (DRVs) and Reference Daily Intake (RDI) values that are based on current dietary 
recommendations from consensus reports; and amend the labeling requirements for foods 
represented or purported to be specifically for children under the age of 4 years and 
pregnant women and lactating women and establish nutrient reference values specifically 
for these population subgroups. FSIS is also proposing to revise the format and 
appearance of the Nutrition Facts label; amend the definiti on of a single -serving container; 
require dual -column labeling for certain containers; and update and modify several 
reference amounts customarily consumed (RACCs or reference amounts). Finally, FSIS is 
proposing to consolidate the nutrition labeling regul ations for meat and poultry products 
into a new Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part.  
7. Objective and rationale , including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection  
8. Relevant documents : 82 Federal Register (FR) 6732, 19 January 2017; Title 9 Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 301, 304, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 327, 362, 381, 412 
and 413 . Will appear in the Federal Register when adopted . G/TBT/N/USA/1264  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determine d 
Proposed date of entry into force : To be determined   
10. Final date for comments : 20 March 2017  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point  [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
number s and e mail and website address es, if available , of other body : 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/TBT/USA/17_0526_00_e.pdf