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Do
Sprouts Need Nutritional Labeling?
SproutNet
September 2,
2002
Mike Lalley, of Living Foods, contacted the FDA to find out if
sprouts need to have nutritional labeling. This is the reply he received
from Beatrice Greenberg of the FDA.
"This is in reply to your
facsimile submitted on August 14, 2002 concerning the labeling of sprouts.
You asked if nutrition information has to be provided on the label of packaged
raw sprouts, i.e., bean, alfalfa, radish, garlic, clover, onion, etc., that
are rinsed with 50 ppm of water and calcium hypochlorite. You also
stated that it was your understanding that these products are covered under
the voluntary nutrition labeling program.
Vegetables that are washed in the manner you described are considered to have
received little processing and are subject to the voluntary nutrition labeling
program described in 21 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 101.45.
Therefore, packaged raw spouts are
not required to provide nutrition information if the label does not include
any nutrient content claims, health claims, or other nutrition information.
Nutrition labeling should be provided if the label includes a nutrient content
claim, health claim, or other nutrition information. This requirement
may be satisfied by placing the nutrition information on the package or by
posting the nutrition information at the point of sale in accordance with 21
CFR 101.45."
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