FDA re-opening comment period for Nutrition Facts Label; will be open Tuesday through Friday

Beginning on Tuesday, the Food and Drug Administration "will re-open the comment period for its Supplemental Proposed Rule for Updating the Nutrition Facts Label," reports Agri-Pulse. "The FDA said that technical problems with its regulations.gov website had prevented some people from filing comments electronically on the proposed rule and on consumer studies associated with the rulemaking." The comment period, which originally closed on Oct. 13, will remain open through Oct. 22. (Read more)