Preparing for the FDA's Menu Labeling Regulations and Implementation Best Practices
Duration: 60 Minutes
Restaurant chains will be required to comply with FDA's regulations for Restaurants, Similar Retail Food Establishments and Vending Machines by May of 2018. Don't let your business be behind the regulation compliance date and suffer an enforcement such as those that are occurring in Europe. Recently Foyles restaurant in Glasbury-on-Wye has been fined £7,430 by Powys County Council for falsely describing the food offered on the restaurant's menus, website and social media. With the enforcement date fast approaching of May 2018, many such lawsuits are bound to happen.
12/22/2017 10:00 AM
Training Topic: Preparing for the FDA's Menu Labeling Regulations and Implementation Best Practices
Instructor: Natasha Rowley-Phipps
Objectives of the Presentation
- Overview of the regulations
- Timeline for compliance
- Nutrient requirements
- Menu board display requirements
- Who has to comply?
- Who is not covered?
- Documentation
Why Should you Attend
Accurate labeling requires correct information, this session will discuss how and where to source information for the labels. Above all, the webinar will equip you with the skills to generate enough data to support your position and demonstrate that you are doing the most to keep your information accurate.
It is important to understand the regulations, where to find the information, and what is coming with the new regulations. Join this session by Natasha Rowley-Phipps, where she will review all of the drastic changes that you must prepare for. The session will discuss a practical approach to implementing the changes and managing the new requirements.
Areas Covered
- Menu labeling timeline for compliance
- Who has to comply?
- Who is not covered?
- What food items are covered? foods that are exempt
- Required information - calories
- Listing calories examples
- Documentation - statement requirements
- Written nutrition information
- Self-service food and food on display
- Changes to menu items
- Menu labeling vs 2016 nutrition facts
Who will Benefit
- Corporate or Facility Regulatory Personnel
- Quality Assurance Personnel
- Legal Risk Management Personnel Within Food Manufacturers or Restaurant Companies
- Marketing Personnel
- Graphic Design Personnel
- R & D Staff
- Specification developers
- Catering Managers / Chefs
- Food packaging suppliers
- Food Safety Auditors