TraceGains Supports Food Manufacturers in Preparing for New Nutrition Labels as Costs Soar to $2B

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Westminster, CO -- (ReleaseWire) -- 03/04/2014 --TraceGains, full-service supplier, compliance, and regulatory document management solution, provides food manufacturers needed information about the possible changes in food labels through webinars and Audit checklists. These forums offer helpful assistance in any upcoming changes. According to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) food companies will have to pay around $2 billion as they change the labels.

The new nutrition labels are likely several years away. The FDA will take comments on the proposal for 90 days, and a final rule could take another year. Once it's final, the agency has proposed giving industry two years to comply.

The proposed overhaul comes as science has shifted. While fat was the focus two decades ago when the labels first were created, nutritionists are now more concerned with how many calories we eat. And serving sizes have long been misleading, with many single-serving packages listing multiple servings, so the calorie count is lower.

The proposed rules would also overhaul serving sizes for soda and single-serving packages. Both 12-ounce and 20-ounce sodas would be considered one serving, and many single-serving packages — a bag of chips, a can of soup or a frozen entree, for example — would either be listed as a single serving or list nutrient information by serving and by container.

TraceGains has prepared a Pre-Audit checklist, to help food and beverage manufacturers prepare for FDA Audit Inspections. The FDA checklist will help alleviate some of the stress and worry by giving information needed to prepare for the next FDA Audit Inspection. To access the audits checklists, go to: http://hub.am/1eADTEa.

About TraceGains
TraceGains (www.tracegains.com) provides food and beverage manufacturers and distributors with a web-based, full-service supplier, compliance, and regulatory document management solution that automates and streamlines processes to convert static documents into actionable data. With a network of more than 5,000 supplier members and more than 250 deployment sites, TraceGains offers an ever-expanding database of suppliers, purchased items, and documents that companies can leverage to improve product quality, accelerate product development, and meet regulatory and audit pressures. TraceGains not only digitizes all incoming documents, making them easily searchable, but also extracts critical data and analyzes them against customer-specific business and compliance rules, alerting stakeholders to any non-compliance. TraceGains’ automated solution assures companies that documentation is up to date, organized, and searchable, making companies 365 Audit Ready. TraceGains’ customers boast a four to six month return on their investment. Recently, TraceGains was listed as one of Food Logistics Top 100 software and technology providers. Follow TraceGains on Twitter at @tracegains.

TraceGains, Inc.
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Jennifer Brusco
Marketing Strategist
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720-465-9400

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Jennifer Brusco
Marketing Strategist
TraceGains, Inc.
720-465-9400
http://www.tracegains.com

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