FDA proposed additional revisions to the Nutrition Facts label for packaged foods to, among other things, include a 10 percent Daily Value require, among other things, a declaration when the product contains 10 percent or more of the Daily Value ("%DV") for added sugars. The agency relied on the scientific data report of the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, which found that staying within calorie requirements is difficult if 10 percent of total calories from added sugar is exceeded. Susan Mayne, Ph.D., director of the FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, said that "for the past decade, consumers have been advised to reduce their intake of added sugars, and the proposed percent daily value for added sugars on the Nutrition Facts label is intended to help consumers follow that advice." FDA is also proposing to shorten the current footnote on the Nutrition Facts label to read "*The percent daily value (%DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice."
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