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Congress passed the NLEA in 1990. The NLEA amended the FD&C Act and mandated nutritional labeling on most food products regulated by FDA. NLEA is codified in part into the FD&C Act.³ The NLEA also mandated changes in label declarations for collective terms, sulfites, sweeteners, colors, spices, nondairy and allergenic substances, net contents, and metric labeling.

The NLEA was enacted in response to the consumer’s demand for more information about the nutritional content of food products and the presence of food additives and allergens. FDA promulgated regulations for the use of health and nutrient level claims, such as “heart‐smart.” Most of these regulations went into effect in 1994. Certain nutrient information is mandatory, while other nutrients may be listed at the discretion of the manufacturer, unless the manufacturer makes a claim about the optional nutrient or indicates that the food product is fortified with an optional nutrient.

Although not required to do so by law, the USDA also established nutritional labeling requirements for meat and poultry products, which parallel FDA’s requirements for other foods.