On May 7, 2018 FDA released supplemental guidance for the Menu Labeling Rule. The Menu Labeling Rule went into effect on May 7, 2018. The rule has very significant impacts on restaurants and food retailers among other retail food establishments. This Lieberman PLLC regulatory alert covers the key aspects of the guidance. Please contact Erik [...]
On May 1, 2017, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it would be publishing in the Federal Register an interim final rule to extend the compliance date for the menu labeling regulation (21 CFR § 101.11) to May 7, 2018. The interim final rule in prepublication format is available here. In addition [...]
On Friday, December 2, 2016, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it will shortly be releasing a final rule to delay the compliance date for the Menu Labeling Regulation until May 5, 2017. This compliance date is now aligned with FDA’s enforcement date. In 2015 Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act (Omnibus) [...]
On July 7th and 8th, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) held a public meeting on the final menu labeling regulation at the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) in College Park, MD. The meeting consisted of a series of presentations by FDA and public Q&A followed by private appointments with industry [...]
On Friday, April 29, FDA released final guidance on the Final Menu Labeling Regulation. The guidance addresses a number of key questions the food industry posed to FDA and provides a number of insights into FDA’s views on compliance requirements. Please see this Lieberman PLLC Regulatory Alert which highlights some of the key points in [...]
On September 11, 2015, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released draft guidance on the Final Menu Labeling Regulation. The Guidance addresses a number of key questions the food industry posed to FDA and provides a number of insights into FDA’s views on compliance requirements. Please see this Lieberman PLLC Regulatory Alert which covers [...]
On July 9, 2015, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it is extending the date of compliance for the Final Menu Labeling Rule until December 1, 2016. Previously compliance had been required by December 1, 2015. FDA’s announcement may be found here. The prepublication Federal Register notice may be found here. FDA [...]
On March 19, 2015, Erik Lieberman of Lieberman PLLC hosted a webinar entitled FDA Menu Labeling: Are You Ready? The webinar provided the latest updates on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Final Menu Labeling Rule and reviewed the requirements of the regulation. Compliance with the Final Menu Labeling Regulation is required by December [...]
On March 19, 2015, Erik Lieberman of Lieberman PLLC hosted a webinar entitled FDA Menu Labeling: Are You Ready? The webinar provided the latest updates on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Final Menu Labeling Rule and reviewed the requirements of the regulation. The webinar covers such questions as: What kinds of items are [...]
On Thursday, March 19, 2015, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a Small Entity Compliance Guide for the Final Menu Labeling Regulation published on December 2014. The compliance guide is intended to assist small businesses. The guidance represents FDA’s current thinking on the Final Menu Labeling Rule. The guidance may be found here. [...]
