39414 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 123 / Monday, June 26, 2000 / Notices

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul

Maiers, Office of Family Assistance,

Administration for Children and

Families, 370 L’Enfant Promenade, SW,

Washington, DC 20447, Telephone:

202–401–5438.

Dated: June 20, 2000.

Alvin C. Collins,

Director, Office of Family Assistance.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and

Families

Grant to Welfare Information Network

AGENCY: Office of Family Assistance,

ACF, DHHS.

ACTION: Grant award announcement.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that an

award is being made to the Welfare

Information Network of Washington, DC

in the amount of $75,000 for

information dissemination activities on

welfare reform. After the appropriate

reviews, it has been determined that this

proposal qualifies as a sole source

award. Over the past four years, the

Welfare Information Network (WIN) has

been one of the leading nonprofit

organizations in disseminating

information and materials on welfare

reform. The WIN network is a very

unique organization in the welfare

reform community. It has created a

database on the cutting edge of Welfare

to Work promising strategies through a

synthesis of the latest research, site

visits, and surveys of practitioners and

service providers. The WIN organization

has been an extremely valuable partner

with the Office of Family Assistance in

several clearinghouse and networking

activities. This partnership with the

WIN Organization has proven to be

invaluable to States and communities in

obtaining the information, policy

analysis, and technical assistance they

need to develop and implement changes

that have helped to reduce dependency

and promote the well-being of children

and families. The period of this funding

will extend through May 31, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul

Maiers, Office of Family Assistance,

Administration for Children and

Families, 370 L’Enfant Promenade, SW,

Washington, DC 20447, Telephone:

202–401–5438.

Dated: June 20, 2000.

Alvin C. Collins,

Director, Office of Family Assistance.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. 99P–2630]

Food Labeling: Added Sugars;

Availability of Citizen Petition

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration,

HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug

Administration (FDA) is announcing the

availability for comment of a petition

submitted by the Center for Science in

the Public Interest (CSPI). The petition

requested that FDA establish a Daily

Reference Value (DRV) for added sugars

with a corresponding Daily Value,

require the declaration of added sugars,

and revise criteria pertaining to nutrient

content claims and health claims.

DATES: Submit written comments on the

petition by September 25, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments

to the Dockets Management Branch

(HFA–305), Food and Drug

Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, rm.

1061, Rockville, MD 20852. Electronic

comments may be submitted via the

Internet to: www.accessdata.fda.gov/

scripts/oc/dockets/comments/

commentdocket.cfm or via e-mail to:

fdadockets@oc.fda.gov. All comments

should be identified with the docket

number found in brackets in the

heading of this document. The petition

is available for review at the Dockets

Management Branch (address above) or

electronically on the agency’s web site

at http//www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/

dockets.htm. You may also request a

copy of the petition from the Dockets

Management Branch.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kathleen Smith, Office of Nutritional

Products, Labeling, and Dietary

Supplements, Center for Food Safety

and Applied Nutrition (HFS–832), Food

and Drug Administration, 200 C St. SW.,

Washington, DC 20204, 202–205–5372.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. The Citizen Petition

CSPI, in a citizen petition filed on

August 4, 1999, requested that the

agency establish a DRV of 40 grams for

added sugars and require the

declaration of added sugars in nutrition

labeling in both grams per serving and

a corresponding percent Daily Value.

CSPI also requested that FDA define

nutrient content claims for added

sugars. Finally, CSPI requested that,

when nutrient content or health claims

are made about a food, meal product, or

main dish product, FDA set, in addition

to the limits on other nutrients

described in the current regulations,

limits and require disclosure of the total

amount of added sugars for these

claims.

CSPI’s ground for its petition is that

the labeling provision for added sugars

is necessary as a public health measure

to give consumers the tools they need to

reduce their intake of added sugars.

CSPI states in the petition that based on

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

data, the per capita consumption of

added sugars has risen 28 percent since

1983, and that, in some people, diets

with large amounts of added sugars

contribute to obesity, the prevalence of

which has risen dramatically in the last

two decades in both youths and adults.

CSPI also asserts that diets with added

sugars, from such foods as soft drinks,

fruit drinks, candy, cakes, and cookies,

include fewer healthier foods that

provide nutrients that reduce the risk of

osteoporosis, cancer, heart disease,

stroke, and other health problems. In

addition, CSPI states that frequent

consumption of foods with added sugars

promotes tooth decay.

CSPI asserts that it is impossible for

consumers to determine how much

sugar has been added to foods such as

yogurt, ice cream, fruit snacks, and juice

drinks using current labels. In addition,

CSPI states that current labels fail to

inform consumers about the proportion

of a reasonable day’s intake of added

sugars that a serving of food provides.

CSPI maintains that, although USDA

provided quantitative dietary

recommendations for added sugars in

The Food Guide Pyramid, without

labeling of added sugars, it is difficult

for consumers to follow such

recommendations. USDA’s quantitative

recommendation serves as the basis for

CSPI’s request for a DRV of 40 grams for

added sugars.

II. FDA Background

FDA addressed comments on added

sugars in the January 6, 1993, final rule

entitled ‘‘Food Labeling: Mandatory

Status of Nutrition Labeling and

Nutrient Content Revision, Format for

Nutrition Label’’ (58 FR 2079).

Comments had recommended

mandatory declaration of added sugars

only, rather than total sugars, in

nutrition labeling and either mandatory

or voluntary declaration of both added