Food Labeling: Health Claims and Label Statements; Folate and Neural Tube Defects; Revocation
fda-food · Food and Drug Administration · Rule · Published 1996-09-24 · Effective 1996-10-08 · 61 FR 49964
Document
Document number
96-24223
Federal Register citation
61 FR 49964
CFR reference
21 CFR 101
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
fda-food
Sub-agency
Food and Drug Administration
Publication date
1996-09-24
Effective date
1996-10-08
HHS docket
Docket No. 93N-0481
Abstract
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is revoking the regulation authorizing a health claim on the relationship between folic acid and neural tube defects on the labels and in the labeling of dietary supplements that became final by operation of law. The agency has replaced this revoked regulation with one that it adopted in a final rule that published in the Federal Register of March 5, 1996 (61 FR 8752). EFFECTIVE DATE: October 8, 1996. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeanne I. Rader, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-175), Food and Drug Administration, 200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204, 202-205-5375.