RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.22
13February 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-0541)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: UNITED STATES
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Food andDrug Administration (34)
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Food
5. Titleandnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Food Labelling; Nutrient Content
Claims: Definition for"High Potency" Claim forDietary Supplements andDefinition of
"Antioxidant" forUseinNutrient Content Claims forDietary Supplements and
Conventional Foods (11pages)
6. Description ofcontent:
TheAdministration isproposing toamend itsregulations todefine theterm
"high potency" asanutrient content claim fordietary supplements; define theterm
"antioxidant" foruseinnutrient content claims onlabels orinlabelling ofdietary
supplements andconventional foods; andcorrect anomission pertaining totheuseof
"sugar free" claims ondietary supplements. Thisproposal istoprovide fortheuseof
additional nutrient content claims inresponse toprovisions oftheNutrition Labelling
andEducation Actof1990.
7. Objective andrationale: Tobenefit consumers byproviding established definitions for
useinfoodlabelling fortheterms "high potency", "antioxidant" and"sugar free".
8. Relevant documents: 60FR67184; 28December 1995; 21CFR Part101. Will
appear intheFederal Register when adopted.
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: TheAdministration proposes thatany
finalruletheymayissue upon thisproposal become effective 1January 1997.
10. Final dateforcomments: 13March 1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: