Guidance for industry : guidance on the labeling of certain uses of Lecithin derived from soy under section 403(w) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

The purpose of this document is to provide guidance on the labeling, under section 403(w) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the Act), 21 U.S.C. 343(w), of certain uses in food of lecithin derived from soy.(1) In particular, as discussed in more detail below, FDA intends to consider the e...

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Corporate Author: Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (U.S.). Office of Food Additive Safety
Format: Government Document eBook
Language:English
Published: [College Park, Md.] : U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, [2006]
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Online Access:https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS112086
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Summary:The purpose of this document is to provide guidance on the labeling, under section 403(w) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the Act), 21 U.S.C. 343(w), of certain uses in food of lecithin derived from soy.(1) In particular, as discussed in more detail below, FDA intends to consider the exercise of enforcement discretion for a food labeled on or after January 1, 2006, for which lecithin derived from soy is used solely as a component of a release agent(2) and the label for such food does not declare the presence of the lecithin consistent with the requirements of section 403(w). FDA intends to consider exercising such discretion when each of the factors discussed in section IV is present.
Item Description:Title from title screen (viewed July 10, 2006).
"CFSAN/Office of Food Additive Safety."
"April 2006."
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 electronic text : HTML file.
Format:Mode of access: Internet from the CFSAN web site. Address as of 5/13/09: http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/d̃ms/soyguid.html ; current access available via PURL.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.