feb 8, 1973 - FDA’s first nutrition
facts label regulation
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"1973 saw FDA’s first nutrition facts label regulation: if manufacturers made a nutrition claim about the food on labeling or in advertising, or if nutrients were added to a food, then nutrition labeling was mandatory. If present, the label was required to include the following nutrients, presented in units per average or usual serving size." 1
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1. https://blog.watson-inc.com/nutri-knowledge/history-of-the-nutrition-facts-label
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