Help with nutrional values label

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Permalink Reply by Gary Gannon on September 29, 2009 at 3:50pm

Are you looking for help with labeling or the NUT panel that goes on the label? Bottom line is that you MUST send your ingredients to a certified company that will translate your ingredients into the NUT panel information. Plan on paying around $200 for each NUT panel. Prior to this however, your product(s) must be registered with the state and you will be assigned an S number. This will also cost you money. Are you working with a co-packer or doing this yourself?

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Permalink Reply by Aaron on September 29, 2009 at 3:58pm

I already have the info from the lab but I am trying to figure the FDA regs for the actual panel. I didn't get this in a panel form. I live in Costa Rica and will be importing the sauce to the US. I am working with a co-packer here but they have put the nutritional info on me to take care of. I will have a distributor in the US. Do you think I still need to register with the state other than a business lic.?

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Permalink Reply by Gary Gannon on September 30, 2009 at 9:57am

Aaron,

I know zero about exportation and how all of that works. As far as the NUT panel is concerned, just go on-line and search for nutritional panels. I did this and found a few resources that detail how to set them up. I built my own in Illustrator and they were very easy. As long as each contains all of the info provided to you by lab lab in the proper format, you'll be fine.

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Permalink Reply by Annie Faith on November 22, 2009 at 7:00pm

Aaron-
if you are dealing with less than a certain number of units per year, you can file for an exemption. It's free, you file it online at the FDA website. It does mention "not an importer" so I'm not sure how it would apply to you.

http://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/Gui...


Here's some of the text-
The nutrition labeling exemptions found in 21 CFR 101.9(j)(1) and 21 CFR 101.36(h)(1) apply to retailers with annual gross sales of not more than $500,000, or with annual gross sales of foods or dietary supplements to consumers of not more than $50,000. For these exemptions, a notice does not need to be filed with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

The nutrition labeling exemptions for low-volume products found in 21 CFR 101.9(j)(18) and 21 CFR 101.36(h)(2) apply if the person claiming the exemption employs fewer than an average of 100 full-time equivalent employees and fewer than 100,000 units of that product are sold in the United States in a 12-month period. For these exemptions, a notice must be filed annually with FDA.

If a person is not an importer, and has fewer than 10 full-time equivalent employees, that person does not have to file a notice for any food product with annual sales of fewer than 10,000 total units.

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