The FDA has just announced that it will host a Nutrition Roundtable Discussion on Friday, December 12, 2008, at the FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. The meeting is scheduled to last from 1:00 to 3:30 PM, and it will be in the Harvey W. Wiley Building, 5100 Paint Brance Parkway, College Park, Maryland.

The agency intends to share information about nutrition activities and will be providing status updates for Functional Foods, Health Claims, Evidence Based Review Guidance, Critical Path project on Biomarkers for use in Health Claims, Front-of-Pack Labeling, the implementation of section 912 of FDAAA, and other issues.

The roundtable discussion will be lead by Stephen Sundlof D.V.M, Ph.D.; FDA associate commissioner David Acheson will be also be in attendance, and there will be a question and answer session as well.

If you are interesting in attending, the following link leads to the FDA's registration forms for the meeting: Registration for Roundtable Discussion -- Nutrition Roundtable Discussion with Stakeholders