Title 9 Code of Federal Regulations Regarding Nutrition Labeling
Access federal regulations regarding nutrition labeling citations 317.300 - 317-400.Carbohydrate Labeling Statements
FSIS statement of interim policy on Carbohydrate labeling statements.
Food Labeling: Nutrient Content Claims, Definition of the Term: "Healthy" (Jan 11, 2006; PDF Only)
FSIS final rule announcing
that its regulations will continue to provide that individual meat and
poultry products bearing the claim ``healthy'' (or any other derivative
of the term ``health'') must contain no more than 480 milligrams (mg)
of sodium; and that meal-type products bearing the claim ``healthy''
(or any other derivative of the term ``health'') must contain no more
than 600 mg of sodium.
Food Standards: Requirements for Substitute Standardized Meat and Poultry Products Named by Use of an Expressed Nutrient Content Claim and a Standardized Term (Jun 10, 2005; PDF Only)
Final rule amending the Federal meat and poultry products inspection regulations to establish a general definition and standard of identity for standardized meat and poultry products that have been modified to qualify for use of an expressed nutrient content claim in their product names.
FSIS Statement of Interim Labeling Guidance: Statements About Omega Fatty Acid Contents on the Labeling of Meat and Poultry Products | PDF (Jul 11, 2007)
This policy documents that factual statements of the amount of omega-3 fatty acids per serving expressed either as the number of milligrams per serving or the number of grams per serving on labeling are acceptable.
Nutrition Labeling - FSIS Regulated Foods | PDF (Jun 15, 2006)
PowerPoint presentation on the essential requirements for nutrition labeling on meat, poultry, and egg products.
Nutrition Labeling: Nutrient Content Claims on Multi-Serve, Meal-Type Meat and Poultry Products (Oct 1, 2004; PDF Only)
Final rule amending
the nutrition labeling regulations to
change the definition of "meal-type"
products to allow for nutrient content
claims on multiple-serve food
containers, to adopt the definition of
"main dish" used by the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA), and to define
how meal-type products and main
dishes should be nutrition labeled.
Nutrition Labeling of Ground or Chopped Meat
and Poultry Products and Single-Ingredient Products (Jan 18, 2001)
Proposed rule to amend the Federal meat and poultry products inspection regulations to
require nutrition labeling of the major cuts of single-ingredient, raw meat and poultry products, unless an exemption applies.
Trans Fat Now Listed With Saturated Fat and Cholesterol on the Nutrition Facts Label
The Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Center
for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition provides
information to consumers on the final FDA
trans fat labeling rule.
Use of USDA MyPyramid Reference on Meat and Poultry Labeling and Whole Grain Claims (Oct 14, 2005; PDF Only)
FSIS provides interim policy guidance on the use of references to USDA's MyPyramid and associated dietary guidance on the labeling of meat, poultry, and egg products.
Questions and Answers - Nutrition Labeling of Meat and Poultry Products (Sep 28, 1993; PDF Only)
FSIS Directive 7260.1 which provides answers to commonly asked questions in
response to the final rule titled
"Nutrition Labeling of Meat and Poultry Products" which was
published in the Federal Register on January 6, 1993.
See Also: Claims Guidance
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