Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Bureau July 27, 2015 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a guidance for industry entitled ``Analytical Procedures and Methods Validation for Drugs and Biologics.'' This guidance supersedes the draft of the same name that published on February 19, 2014, and replaces the 2000 draft guidance for industry on ``Analytical Procedures and Methods Validation'' and the 1987 FDA guidance for industry on ``Submitting Samples and Analytical Data for Methods Validation.'' This guidance discusses how to submit analytical procedures and methods validation data to support the documentation of the identity, strength, quality, purity, and potency of drug substances and drug products.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is revising certain provisions of the proposed rule, issued in March 2014, that would amend FDA's labeling regulations for conventional foods and dietary supplements to provide updated nutrition information on the Nutrition Facts and Supplement Facts labels to assist consumers in maintaining healthy dietary practices (``the NFL/SFL proposed rule''). We are proposing text for the footnotes to be used on the Nutrition Facts label. We are taking this action after completing our consumer research in which we tested various footnote text options for the label. We are also proposing to establish a Daily Reference Value (DRV) of 10 percent of total energy intake from added sugars, proposing to require the declaration of the percent Daily Value (DV) for added sugars on the label, and are providing additional rationale for the declaration of added sugars on the label. We are taking these actions based, in part, on the science underlying a new report released by the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee.