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Welcome
to January's Label Alert. This month we feature the just released
2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans and great savings on
early Food Label Conference registration. Conference general
session topics include updates on the New FDA Nutrition Facts
Regulations, and Leading vs Bleeding Edge Claims. A total of eight
add-on seminars and 29 breakout topics will be offered within four
different professional tracks. Don't miss this early bird special
offered to Label Alert subscribers!
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Read the Government's New Dietary Advice for Americans
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 The 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which
offer advice on healthy eating while also influencing countless
federal nutrition and food programs, were released on [January7].
The new 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines come highly anticipated and
are poised to be controversial.
Read on ...
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USDA Ends COOL Enforcement With President's Signature
on Omnibus Bill
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 Effective immediately, Agriculture Secretary Tom
Vilsack says, USDA will no longer enforce the Country of Origin
Labeling (COOL) requirements for beef and pork products because
COOL was repealed by Congress.... It means an end to the January
2009 and May 2013 country of origin labeling requirements on muscle
cuts of beef and pork, and on ground beef and pork.
Read on . . .
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'Just Mayo' Name Can Stay, Says FDA, So What Does This
Say About FDA Standards of Identity?
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 Just weeks after telling Hampton Creek it was
playing fast and loose with food labeling regs by branding its
flagship egg-free spread 'Just Mayo', the FDA says Hampton Creek
can now keep the 'Just Mayo' brand name - as long as it makes minor
tweaks to the label.
Read on . . .
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This Kind of Label Changes How Your Food Tastes
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 Food labels don't just give you product information
- they can have a big impact on how things actually taste. That's
the major finding from new research out of Ghent University...
Read on . . .
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FDA Gives Food Industry More Time to Define 'Natural'
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 The FDA has agreed to give food industry groups more
time to weigh in on what "natural" should denote on
product labels. The agency asked the public to comment in November
on whether it should define the term and set guidelines for its use
on food products, including those that are genetically engineered
or made with genetically engineered ingredients.
Read on . . .
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FSIS Updates Generic Labeling Guidance
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 In November 2015, FSIS issued amended
guidance related to products qualifying for generic approval.
New or updated entries include products bearing the claims
"Environmentally Raised," "Non-Genetically
Engineered," "No Nitrites or Nitrates," and
Country of origin statements.
Read on ...
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