Food Labeling Compliance Review (PDF)

Consultant and long-time Food and Drug Administration (FDA) food
labeling expert James Summers answers the many questions
surrounding FDA food labeling regulations and compliance in Food
Labeling Compliance Review. Now in its third edition, the manual is
a comprehensive food labeling compliance handbook designed to aid
in understanding the requirements of the FDA. This reference is a
must-have for regulatory officials, industry personnel, and others
responsible for assuring that the label and labeling of domestic
and imported food products in interstate commerce comply with the
requirements of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, as
amended.

The manual is available in book or searchable CD-ROM formats (or
both together if you order the first choice on the right). The text
is composed of three essential parts:

1.) Introduction and how-to information, including the outline
of a compliance review.

2.) Compliance step-by-step review procedure (in the form of
questions and answers) for the food label reviewer to establish the
degree to which a product's label complies with applicable
laws and regulations. These sections also provide a basis for
developing a label for prospective food products, as well as a
foundation for responding to label deviations observed during the
review.

3.) Guidance and information for decision making such as ready
references, charts, illustrations, regulations, Federal Register
indexes and tables of content for related publications.

Clearly illustrated with dozens of charts, sample label panels
and "Nutrition Facts" boxes, Food Labeling Compliance
Review is the practical, no-nonsense tool needed by both the
experienced and inexperienced food label reviewer.

About the Author: James L. Summers is a senior consultant
at AAC Consulting Group, Inc. (Rockville, MD), a firm providing
consulting services in food, dietary supplement, cosmetics and
other areas which fall under the jurisdiction of FDA. He has been
offering expert labeling and compliance advice to AAC clients since
he ended his 32-year tenure at FDA. He has held positions as
Aquatic Sampling Specialist, Supervisory Microbiologist, Public
Health Sanitarian, General Biologist, FDA Inspector, Regional
Shellfish Specialist, and Consumer Safety Officer (in the Division
of Regulatory Guidance). In his last position at FDA, he served as
Supervisory Consumer Safety Officer, Branch Chief in the Office of
Food Labeling. There he was the focal point for handling the most
controversial, complex, and precedent-setting problems involving
regulatory compliance issues dealing with food labeling. He
participated in the development of policies and regulatory
strategies regarding the enforcement of NLEA and other food
labeling regulations.

Contributor: Elizabeth J. (Betty) Campbell joined AAC
after a 35-year career with the FDA where she served as Director of
Programs and Enforcement Policy in the Office of Food Labeling in
the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, and as Acting
Director of the Office of Food Labeling. Ms. Campbell played a key
role in writing the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act (NLEA)
regulations in the early 1990s, and then had major responsibility
for implementing those regulations.