A new year comes with resolutions and to-do lists. In that spirit, let’s see what FDA is working on for food labeling and food standard:

Topic	Additional Details	Estimated Date
Labeling of Plant-Based Alternatives to Animal-Derived Foods; Draft Guidance for Industry	Presumably this will similar to the draft guidance for Plant-Based Milk Alternatives (issued February 2023)	December 2023*
Use of Nutrient Content Claims for Added Sugars in the Labeling of Human Food Products: Draft Guidance for Industry	When FDA revised the nutrition labeling by adding “Added Sugars” as a required nutrient, they did not updated the associated Nutrient Content Claim regulations.	December 2023*
Food Standards: General Principles and Modernization (Proposed Rule)	FDA/FSIS issued a proposal in May 2005, but revoked it in March 2023, considering what to do with the food standards. Anyone’s guess when FDA will get to this though.	October 2024
Frozen Cherry Pie: Revoked Food Standard (Final Rule)	FDA proposed revoking this standard in December 2020 and originally estimated that it would be completed by April 2022.	November 2023*
Use of Salt Substitute for Standardized Food (Final Rule)	FDA proposed these amendments April 2023.	August 2024
Update to “Healthy” Nutrient Content Claim (NCC) (Final Rule)	FDA proposed the new definition in September 2022 after issuing the enforcement discretion in September 2016.	April 2024
Front-of-Package Nutrition Labeling (Proposed Rule)	FDA has been investigating front-of-package nutrition labeling and is planning to issue a proposal to mandate it in some form.	June 2024

*Yes, like the rest of us, FDA had somethings that they hoped to have finished last year.