Westminster, CO -- (SBWire) -- 01/12/2015 --In November 2014 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published its final regulations to implement the menu and vending labeling provisions of the Affordable Care Act. Jenn Brusco, TraceGains' Director of Media and Content explained in a company blog that the menu labeling regulation will require chain restaurant, food retail, and other similar establishments with 20 or more units serving restaurant-type food to post calories on the menu or menu board (or if no menu/menu board, information must be provided through another on-site means) and provide additional nutrition information upon request. Outlets have until December 1, 2015 to comply with this regulation, providing time to aggregate information and cycle it in during regular menu or menu board updates.

Food policy and regulation expert Beth Johnson, MS, RD, of the DC advisory firm Food Directions, LLC advised that, "given the abundance of information required and the necessary changes needed, organizations should begin preparing now."

To read the entire blog, go to:
http://www.tracegains.com/blog/are-you-prepared-for-the-new-menu-vending-labeling-rules

About TraceGains
TraceGains (http://www.tracegains.com) provides food and ingredient manufacturers and brokers with a web-based, full-service supplier, compliance, and regulatory document management solution that automates the management of supplier risk, data, and documentation, making companies 365 Audit Ready™.

TraceGains' cloud-based SaaS solution works with in-house solutions such as quality management systems (QMS), enterprise resource planning (ERP), and product life-cycle management (PLM), to close the loop on upstream risk. This solution provides collaborative supplier management, and eases compliance with the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), and internal business compliance requirements including hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP).

TraceGains digitizes all incoming supplier documents, making them easily searchable. TraceGains also extracts critical data and analyzes them against customer-specific business and compliance rules, alerting stakeholders to any non-compliance.

TraceGains' customers boast a four to six month return on their investment. TraceGains is 2014 Food Logistics Top 100 software and technology providers.

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Jennifer Brusco
Director of Media and Content
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