Description
The Food and Drug Administration has prepared this Small Entity Compliance Guide in accordance with section 212 of the Small Business Regulatory Fairness Act (P.L. 104-121). This guidance document restates in plain language the legal requirements set forth in the current regulation for the reference amount customarily consumed of baking powder, baking soda and pectin. This is a Level 2 guidance document published for immediate implementation in accordance with FDA's good guidance practices (21 CFR 10.115). The regulation is binding and has the force and effect of law. However, this guidance document represents the agency's current thinking on this subject and does not, itself, create or confer any rights for or on any person and does not operate to bind FDA or the public. An alternative approach may be used if such approach satisfies the requirements of the applicable statute and regulations.
Scope & Applicability
Product Classes
4Example of another product that may use the 1/8 tsp measure
Subject of the serving size reference amount change
Subject of the serving size reference amount change
Subject of the serving size reference amount change
Regulatory Context
Attributes
1The amount of food used as the basis for nutrient and food group statements.
Related CFR Sections (3)
- 21CFR101.9§ 101.9 Nutrition labeling of food.
(a) Nutrition information relating to food shall be provided for all products intended for human consumption and offered for sale unless an exemption is provided for the product in paragraph (j) of this section.Read full regulation →
- 21CFR101.12§ 101.12 Reference amounts customarily consumed per eating occasion.
(a) The general principles and factors that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) considered in arriving at the reference amounts customarily consumed per eating occasion (reference amounts) which are set forth in paragraph (b) of this section, are that:Read full regulation →
- 21CFR10.115§ 10.115 Good guidance practices.
(a) What are good guidance practices? Good guidance practices (GGP's) are FDA's policies and procedures for developing, issuing, and using guidance documents.Read full regulation →
See Also (8)
- Guidance for Industry: Guidelines for Determining Metric Equivalents of Household Measures (Status: Final)
- Guidance for Industry: Guide for Developing and Using Data Bases for Nutrition Labeling (Status: Final)
- Guidance for Industry: Food Labeling Guide (Status: Final)
- Guidance for Industry: Serving Sizes of Foods That Can Reasonably Be Consumed At One Eating Occasion; Dual-Column Labeling; Updating, Modifying, and Establishing Certain Reference Amounts Customarily Consumed; Serving Size for Breath Mints (Status: Final)
- Guidance for Industry: Reference Amounts Customarily Consumed (List of Products for Each Product Category) (Status: Final)
- Guidance for Industry: Serving Sizes of Foods That Can Reasonably Be Consumed At One Eating Occasion, Reference Amounts Customarily Consumed, Serving Size-Related Issues, Dual-Column Labeling, and Miscellaneous Topics (Status: Final)
- Small Entity Compliance Guide: Milk and Cream Products and Yogurt Products; Final Rule to Revoke the Standards for Lowfat Yogurt and Nonfat Yogurt and To Amend the Standard for Yogurt (Status: Final)
- Use of International Standard ISO 10993-1, "Biological evaluation of medical devices - Part 1: Evaluation and testing within a risk management process" : Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff (Status: Final)