Development of downloadable and printable posters for nutrition information of raw fruits, vegetables, and fish

Abstract

In the United States, nutrition labeling for raw fruits, vegetables, and fish is currently voluntary. In order to encourage retail stores that sell these foods to participate in the voluntary nutrition labeling program and to be compliant with the guidelines, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has developed downloadable and printable posters containing nutrition information for the 20 most frequently consumed raw fruits, vegetables, and fish in the United States. The FDA has made the posters available on its website ( http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/nutinfo.html), and has urged retail stores to download and print the posters and to display them in their stores for consumers to use in making purchase decisions. In developing these posters, FDA followed the agency's guidelines for voluntary nutrition labeling. The names and nutrition labeling values for the raw fruits, vegetables and fish are based on the updated nutrition labeling regulation published in the Federal Register on August 17, 2006, which corrected the July 25, 2006 final rule. FDA issued a Constituent Update (electronic newsletter) and contacted trade associations representing retail food stores to inform them about the posters.