he u.s. FDA is allowing food manufacturers to make a health claim for the substitution of saturated fat in the diet with unsaturated fatty acids and reduce risk of heart disease
on january 24,2007 the FDA received a notification from Frito-lay Inc.regarding a health claim for the relationship between dietary substitution of saturated fat with unsaturated fatty acids (UFAs) and reduced risk of heart disease
since the mandatory 120 days have passed since the claim was filed companies may use the claim until FDA issues a regulation prohibiting or modifying the claim or finding that the requirements for making the claim have not been met or a district court in an enforcement proceding has determined that the requirements for making the claim have not been met
companies may use the claim specified in the notification as modified by the notifier in a letter to FDA dated May 11,2007 on the label and in labeling of any food product that meets eligibility criteria described below