Food Labeling Compliance Review

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Consultant and long-time Food and Drug Administration (FDA) foodlabeling expert James Summers answers the many questionssurrounding FDA food labeling regulations and compliance in FoodLabeling Compliance Review. Now in its third edition, the manual isa comprehensive food labeling compliance handbook designed to aidin understanding the requirements of the FDA. This reference is amust-have for regulatory officials, industry personnel, and othersresponsible for assuring that the label and labeling of domesticand imported food products in interstate commerce comply with therequirements of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, asamended. The manual is available in book or searchable CD-ROM formats (orboth together if you order the first choice on the right). The textis composed of three essential parts: 1.) Introduction and how-to information, including the outlineof a compliance review. 2.) Compliance step-by-step review procedure (in the form ofquestions and answers) for the food label reviewer to establish thedegree to which a product's label complies with applicablelaws and regulations. These sections also provide a basis fordeveloping a label for prospective food products, as well as afoundation for responding to label deviations observed during thereview. 3.) Guidance and information for decision making such as readyreferences, charts, illustrations, regulations, Federal Registerindexes and tables of content for related publications. Clearly illustrated with dozens of charts, sample label panelsand "Nutrition Facts" boxes, Food Labeling ComplianceReview is the practical, no-nonsense tool needed by both theexperienced and inexperienced food label reviewer. About the Author: James L. Summers is a senior consultantat AAC Consulting Group, Inc. (Rockville, MD), a firm providingconsulting services in food, dietary supplement, cosmetics andother areas which fall under the jurisdiction of FDA. He has beenoffering expert labeling and compliance advice to AAC clients sincehe ended his 32-year tenure at FDA. He has held positions asAquatic Sampling Specialist, Supervisory Microbiologist, PublicHealth Sanitarian, General Biologist, FDA Inspector, RegionalShellfish Specialist, and Consumer Safety Officer (in the Divisionof Regulatory Guidance). In his last position at FDA, he served asSupervisory Consumer Safety Officer, Branch Chief in the Office ofFood Labeling. There he was the focal point for handling the mostcontroversial, complex, and precedent-setting problems involvingregulatory compliance issues dealing with food labeling. Heparticipated in the development of policies and regulatorystrategies regarding the enforcement of NLEA and other foodlabeling regulations. Contributor: Elizabeth J. (Betty) Campbell joined AACafter a 35-year career with the FDA where she served as Director ofPrograms and Enforcement Policy in the Office of Food Labeling inthe Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, and as ActingDirector of the Office of Food Labeling. Ms. Campbell played a keyrole in writing the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act (NLEA)regulations in the early 1990s, and then had major responsibilityfor implementing those regulations.

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