Can I use my product label to tell how my food fits into MyPyramid guidelines?
(May 2007) FDA has not issued formal guidance on using MyPyramid on food labels, but in conversations with Food Consulting Company the Agency has referred to USDA’s guidance document to explain how MyPyramid can be used on FDA-regulated food labels. In 2005 USDA published a Statement of Interim Policy Guidance entitled “Use of the USDA MyPyramid Reference on Meat and Poultry Labeling and Whole Grain Claims.
