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OGC-96-35 1 (1996-08-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabloh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Office of the General Counsel B-273018 August 21, 1996 The Honorable Nancy Landon Kassebaum Chairman The Honorable Edward M. Kennedy Ranking Minority Member Committee on Labor and Human Resources United States Senate The Honorable Thomas J. Bliley, Jr. Chairman The Honorable John D. Dingell Ranking Minority Member Committee on Commerce House of Representatives Subject: Department of Health and Human Services - Food and Drug Administration: Food Labeling; Nutrition Labeling, Small Business Exemption Pursuant to section 801(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a major rule promulgated by Department of Health and Human Services - Food and Drug Administration (FDA), entitled Food Labeling; Nutrition Labeling, Small Business Exemption (RIN: 0910-AA19). We received the rule on August 6, 1996. It was published in the Federal Register as a final rule on August 7, 1996. 61 Fed. Reg. 40,963. Enclosed is our assessment of the FDA's compliance with the procedural steps required by section 801(a)(1)(B)(i) through (iv) of title 5 with respect to the rule. Our review indicates that the FDA complied with the applicable requirements. The rule is in response to the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act Amendments of 1993, Pub. L. 103-80. The Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990, Pub. L. 101- 535, established the requirement that with limited exceptions, a food, including both conventional foods and dietary supplements must have a label bearing certain nutrition labeling in order not to be considered misbranded. Among the exceptions to this nutrition labeling requirement was one for small business based upon the GAO/OGC-96-35

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