FDA survey
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Telephone, mail, shopping mall intercept and Internet surveys to gauge consumers' understanding of conventional food, dietary supplement labeling could begin in six weeks, FDA says in a 1Feb. 21 Federal Register notice. Agency requests "emergency processing" of proposed survey from OMB, since "the information is critical to [FDA's] mission of regulating food labeling." Survey will include 7,000 respondents' evaluations of various label statements. Agency will accept comments until March 25; OMB processing should take two weeks. FDA also awaits OMB approval of Health & Diet Survey to evaluate consumer knowledge, beliefs about supplements (2"The Tan Sheet" Aug. 13, 2001, p. 11)...