Department of Health and Human Services June 27, 2018 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This action removes the outmoded regulations for the Ricky Ray Hemophilia Relief Fund Program. The program and its implementing regulation have been rendered obsolete by the statutory language in the authorizing legislation stating that the Fund should terminate on the expiration of the 5-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of the Act. The statute was enacted on November 12, 1998; thus, the fund expired on November 12, 2003.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing the following public meeting entitled ``FDA's Comprehensive, Multi-Year Nutrition Innovation Strategy.'' The purpose of the public meeting is to give interested persons an opportunity to discuss FDA's nutrition innovation strategy, including: A standard icon or symbol for the claim ``healthy''; a more efficient review strategy for evaluating qualified health claims; statements or claims that could facilitate innovation to promote healthful eating patterns; approaches for modernizing standards of identity; possible changes that could make ingredient information more consumer friendly; and FDA's educational campaign for consumers about the updated Nutrition Facts Label that consumers will be seeing in the marketplace.