These resources are available through government sources:
FDA Consumer
Description: Official magazine of FDA; published 10 times a year. Each issue contains articles written for the general public on FDA-related health issues, including food and nutrition.
How to Obtain: $15 a year domestic, $18.75 a year foreign. Subscriptions available from Government Printing Office. Write to New Orders, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 152507954.
Read the Label, Set a Healthy Table: An Introduction to the New Food Label
Description: 16-panel, 4-color brochure that introduces consumers to the new food label and opens up into a 16" x 18" poster of the Nutrition Facts panel.
How to Obtain: For one free copy, write to FDA, HFE-88, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. Ask for DHHS Publication No. (FDA) 94-2271. Or write to Food Safety and Inspection Service of USDA, 14th St. & Independence Ave., S.W., Room 1180 South, Washington, DC 20250. Ask for order number USDA-FSIS-41.
For orders of no more than 25 copies, write to FDA, HFI-40, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. Ask for DHHS Publication No. (FDA) 94-2271.
To print multiple copies, write for a black-and-white reproducible to FDA, HFI-40, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. Ask for order number 94-2271.
How to Read the New Food Label
Description: 8-panel, 4-color brochure that introduces consumers to food labeling changes, particularly those that apply to heart disease prevention.
How to Obtain: For one free copy, write to Consumer Information Center, Dept. 625Z, Pueblo, CO 81009.
For orders of no more than 100 copies, write to FDA, HFI-40, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. Ask for DHHS Publication No. (FDA) 93-2260.
Or, contact the American Heart Association, National Center, 7272 Greenville Ave., Dallas, TX 752314596, or the local affiliate of the American Heart Association. Ask for order number AHA 51-1052 (CP).
Como leer la Nueva Etiqueta de Los Alimentos
Description: Spanish version of How to Read the New Food Label.
How to Obtain: For one free copy, write to FDA, HFE-88, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. Ask for DHHS Publication No. (FDA) 93-2260S.
For orders of no more than 100 copies, write to FDA, HFI-40, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. Ask for DHHS Publication No. (FDA) 93-2260S.
Or, contact the American Heart Association, National Center, 7272 Greenville Ave., Dallas, TX 752314596, or the local affiliate of the American Heart Association. Ask for order number AHA 51-1054 (CP).
Read the Label, Set a Healthy Table: How the New Food Label Can Help You Plan a Healthy Diet
Description: Low-literacy brochure on new food label, written at about fifth-grade reading level.
How to Obtain: For one free copy, write to FDA, HFE-88, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. Ask for DHHS Publication No. (FDA) 94-2273
For orders of no more than 25 copies, write to FDA, HFI-40, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. Ask for DHHS Publication No. (FDA) 94-2273.
For orders of more than 25 copies, write for a black-and-white reproducible to FDA, HFI-40, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. Ask for DHHS Publication No. (FDA) 94-2273.
Focus on Food Labeling—An FDA Consumer Special Report
Description: 68-page, 4-color issue devoted to food labeling with information presented in nine easy-to-read feature-length articles with illustrations and other graphics.
How to Obtain: $5 per copy from Government Printing Office. Write to Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7594. Ask for DHHS Publication No. (FDA) 93-2262.
To make multiple copies, write for a black-and-white reproducible to FDA, HFI-40, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. Ask for stock number 017-01200360-5.
Food Labels
Description: videotape introducing the new food label.
How to Obtain: Available for loan or limited duplication and distribution from FDA, Broadcast News Staff, HFI-40, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. Or, contact the Food Labeling Education Information Center, National Agricultural Library, Room 304, 10301 Baltimore Blvd., Beltsville, MD 20705-2351. Ask for Food Labels video.
