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FDA authorizes D-tagatose health claim
The Food and Drug Administration is adopting as a final rule, without change, the provisions of the interim final rule that amended the regulation authorizing a health claim on sugar alcohols and dental caries, i.e., tooth decay, to include the sugar D-tagatose as a substance eligible for the dental caries health claim. For more information, see the Federal Register of July 3, 2003 (68 FR 39831-39833).

FDA to require trans fat labeling
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