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{{Infobox U.S. legislation
| name = Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990
| fullname = To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prescribe nutrition labeling for foods, and for other purposes.
| acronym = NLE Act, "NL&E Act"
| enacted by = 101st
| effective date = November 8, 1990
| public law url = http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/STATUTE-104/pdf/STATUTE-104-Pg2353.pdf
| cite public law = 101-535
| cite statutes at large = {{usstat|104|2353}}
| acts amended= [[Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act]]
| title amended = [[Title 21 of the United States Code|21 U.S.C.: Food and Drugs]]
| sections created = 
| sections amended = Chapter 9 § 301
| leghisturl = http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d101:H.R.3562:
| introducedin = House
| introducedbill = {{USBill|101|H.R.|3562}}
| introducedby = [[Henry Waxman]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]]–[[California|CA]])
| introduceddate = October 31, 1989
| committees = [[United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce|House Committee on Energy and Commerce]]
| passedbody1 = House
| passeddate1 = July 30, 1990
| passedvote1 = passed voice vote
| passedbody2 = Senate 
| passeddate2 = October 24, 1990
| passedvote2 = passed voice vote
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| agreedbody3 = House
| agreeddate3 = October 26, 1990
| agreedvote3 = passed voice vote
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| signedpresident = [[George H. W. Bush]]
| signeddate = November 8, 1990
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| SCOTUS cases = ''[[New York State Restaurant Association v. New York City Board of Health]]''
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The '''Nutrition Labeling and Education Act''' (NLEA) (Public Law 101-535) is a 1990 [[United States]] Federal law. It was signed into law on November 8, 1990 by President [[George H. W. Bush]].<ref name = "AHA"/>

The law gives the [[Food and Drug Administration]] (FDA) authority to require nutrition labeling of most foods regulated by the Agency; and to require that all nutrient content claims (for example, 'high fiber', 'low fat', etc.) and health claims meet FDA regulations.<ref name="FDA">{{cite web |title=Nutritional Labeling |publisher=[[United States]] [[Food and Drug Administration]] |url=//www.fda.gov/ora/inspect_ref/igs/nleatxt.html |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014014547/https://www.fda.gov/ora/inspect_ref/igs/nleatxt.html |archivedate=October 14, 2007 }}</ref>  The act did not require [[restaurant]]s to comply with the same standards.

The regulations became effective for health claims, ingredient declarations, and percent juice labeling on May 8, 1993 (but percent juice labeling was exempted until May 8, 1994).<ref name = "FDA"/>

Effective Jan. 1, 2006, the Nutrition Facts Labels on packaged food products are required by the FDA to list how many grams of [[trans fatty acid]] (trans fat) are contained within one serving of the product.<ref name = "AHA">{{cite journal
| title = Nutrition Labeling AHA Advocacy Position | journal =[[American Heart Association]]
| url =http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4631
}}</ref>