FDA has issued a guidance for industry called Nutrition Labeling of Standard Menu Items in Restaurants and Similar Retail Food Establishments—Small Entity Compliance Guide. The guidance, in a question-and-answer format, sets forth in plain language the requirements embodied in the Agency's recent final rule, "Nutrition Labeling of Standard Menu Items in Restaurants and Similar Retail Food Establishments," which becomes effective December 1, 2015. FDA is in the process of developing a similar compliance guide for small businesses for vending machine labeling, which it plans to issue soon.
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