Guidance for Industry: Guidelines for Determining Metric Equivalents of Household Measures | Guideline Explorer

Description

The purpose of these guidelines is to assist manufacturers in determining the metric equivalent declarations (e.g., gram (g) and milliliter (mL) measures) of the common household measures that are declared on food labels. When FDA performs nutrient analyses to determine the accuracy of nutrition labeling, assessment of compliance is based on these metric quantities.

Scope & Applicability

Product Classes

1

Single-serving containers

Exempt from listing metric equivalents unless nutrition info is on drained weight basis

Stakeholders

1

Manufacturers

Responsible for declaring acceptable market names on labels.

Regulatory Context

Attributes

3

Household Measures

The units of measure for which metric equivalents are being determined

Metric Equivalents

Guidelines for determining metric equivalents of household measures

Metric equivalent declarations

Gram and milliliter measures of household measures

Related CFR Sections (3)

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 →
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 →