FDA perspectives on health claims for food labels

Australian consumers’ preferences for conventional and novel sources of long chain omega-3 fatty acids: A conjoint study

“…In the USA, qualified high level claims pertaining to LCO3FA are permitted by the US Food and Drug Administration, for products rich in EPA and DHA (Rowlands & Hoadley, 2006;US FDA, 2004) and, currently, Australia is in the process of considering permitting some claims (FSANZ, 2005). In the current study a range of labels were presented representing current content labels (e.g.…”

“…For example, our laboratory (CSIRO, a government science agency) is known to be trusted and have credibility (Cormick, personal communication;Mohr, Harrison, Wilson, Baghurst, & Syrette, 2007) in certain contexts. We also wanted to know if the national food regulator (Food Standards Australia New Zealand, FSANZ) would also be perceived as trustworthy and credible, as, unlike the USA where the FDA is well known (Rowlands & Hoadley, 2006), FSANZ has an unknown public profile. Non-government organisations (NGO or health charities) are also known to evoke trust and credibility, indeed the NGO chosen, the National Heart Foundation, for this study ''endorses" products as ''heart healthy" (a ''tick" symbol) which is widely respected throughout the Australian community (Noakes & Crawford, 1991).…”

The influence of product attributes, consumer attitudes and characteristics on the acceptance of: (1) Novel bread and milk, and dietary supplements and (2) fish and novel meats as dietary vehicles of long chain omega 3 fatty acids

“…In the USA, qualified high level health claims pertaining to LCO3FA are permitted by the US Food and Drug Administration, for products rich in EPA and DHA (FDA, 2004;Rowlands & Hoadley, 2006).…”

Current Analytical Techniques for Food Lipids

“…The ether extracts are then combined Th and evaporated to near dryness on a steam bath under a stream of nitrogen gas. Methylation of the extracted lipid is performed by saponification with fi 0.5 M sodium hydroxide (NaOH) in methanol, followed by esterification fi with boron trifl uoride (BF fl 3 , 14%) in methanol. An automated acid hydrolysis extraction procedure based on AOAC 996.01 [56] using the SoxCap 2047 Hydrolysis Unit from Foss (Hillerød, Denmark) was recently validated for the quantification of total fat, lipid classes, and fi trans fat in cereal products [57].…”

“…Th e NLEA also gave Th the FDA authority to regulate health claims on food labels and in food labeling [3]. Under provisions of the NLEA, declarations for the content of total fat are to be expressed in triacylglycerol (TAG) equivalents, whereas those for saturated fat are expressed as free fatty acid equivalents [1,2].…”