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The record
- Jurisdiction
- United States (federal); Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
- Level
- Federal
- Authority
- FD&C Act s. 403(q); 21 C.F.R. 101.9; enforcement discretion
- Issued
- 2020-03-26 Mar. 26, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-26 (immediately in effect; 85 Fed. Reg. 16949 process) (read as 2020-03-26)
- End
- For the duration of the public health emergency (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Mar. 26, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Supply chainOther
- Addressees
- restaurants
- food manufacturers
- Functions reached
- KT kitchen and food supply
- TO takeout and retail sales of inventory
- SC supply chain (food-service distributors)
- PF production floor
- Character
- context
- Collection
- Other federal health agencies AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER
Operative words
To facilitate the further distribution of food during the COVID-19 pandemic, FDA does not intend to object to the sale of packaged food (both perishable and non-perishable food) that lacks a Nutrition Facts label by restaurants, provided that the food does not have any nutrition claims and contains other required information on the label... FDA does not intend to object to the sale of packaged food that lacks a Nutrition Facts label by food manufacturers, provided that the food does not have any nutrition claims
Enforcement
Enforcement discretion under 21 U.S.C. 331(a)-(c), 343
Notes
Issued because dine-in closures stranded restaurant-labeled inventory; permitted restaurants and distributors to sell it at retail.
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