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          FDA Issues Request For Information and Draft Guidance on Fiber on the Nutrition Facts LabelCFSAN Constituent Updates FDA Issues Request For Information and Draft Guidance on Fiber on the Nutrition Facts Label
  
  	
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January 12, 2017

On January 6, 2017, FDA announced it would provide additional time to comment on the fiber documents related to the Nutrition Facts Label. The notices providing this additional time will publish in the Federal Register on January 13, 2017, and the public will have until February 13, 2017 to provide comments on both documents.

Federal Register Notices Announcing the New Comment Period Closing Dates:

Federal Register Notice for *Requests for Information: Evaluation of the Beneficial Physiological Effects of Isolated or Synthetic Non-Digestible Carbohydrates* Comment Period Extension
	Federal Register Notice for *Scientific Evaluation of the Evidence on the Beneficial Physiological Effects of Isolated or Synthetic Non-Digestible Carbohydrates Submitted as a Citizen Petition* Draft Guidance Comment Period Extension

Original Constituent Update

November 22, 2016

FDA is publishing a request for scientific data, information and comments to help it determine whether certain fibers should be added to the definition of “dietary fiber” published as part of the Nutrition Facts label final rule. FDA’s final rule, published on May 27, 2016, required that only certain naturally occurring dietary fibers such as those found in fruits, vegetables and whole grains, and added isolated or synthetic fibers that FDA has determined have a physiological effect that is beneficial to human health, could be declared on the label under “Dietary Fiber.” Previously, fibers in foods could be labeled as dietary fiber without necessarily providing physiological effects that are beneficial to human health. Naturally occurring fibers contained in foods have already been determined to have physiological benefits. In addition to fiber that is naturally occurring in foods, the rule identified 7 fibers that, when added to foods, could be declared as “dietary fiber.”

The request for information, along with an accompanying draft guidance, will help industry understand how FDA reviews the scientific evidence to determine whether other fibers beyond the seven identified in the rule should be added to the regulations. It also provides an opportunity to add to or comment on FDA’s review of the science with respect to whether any of 26 additional specific types of fiber provide a physiological effect that is beneficial to human health and thus should be included in the fiber definition.

The comment period for the Request for Information opens on November 23, 2016 and will be open for 45 days.

For Additional Information:

Federal Register Notice for the Request for Information
	Federal Register for the Draft Guidance
	Draft Guidance for Industry: Scientific Evaluation of the Evidence on the Beneficial Physiological Effects of Isolated or Synthetic Non-digestible Carbohydrates Submitted as a Citizen Petition (21 CFR 10.30)
	Science Review of Isolated and Synthetic Non-Digestible Carbohydrates
	Questions & Answers
	Changes to the Nutrition Facts Label

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