Widespread changes in US food labeling spell new verbiage for all retail packs.

Quick Frozen Foods International, January, 1993

After years of debate between the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Health and Human Services (HHS), a sweeping new agreement was reached during the eleventh hour of the Bush Administration regarding food nutritional labeling. "The food industry now has some certainty in the label changes that need to be made so our companies are in compliance with the law and its regulations," said Steven C. Anderson, president of the American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI).

The regulations, which implement the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990, require processors to revise labels on all food products by no later than May of 1994, and to adhere to stricter regulations on using various descriptors and health and nutrition content claims.

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