Cut labeling rule proposed revision limits scope of controls to labeling likely to be used by consumers.

Executive Summary

FDA CUT LABELING CONTROLS LIMITED TO LABELING LIKELY TO BE READ BY CONSUMERS under a proposed rule published in the July 29 Federal Register. The proposed rule modifies regs published in August 1993 that "applied to all types of labeling including product inserts, multiunit containers packaged in individual containers and shipping containers," the Federal Register notice says. The rule enumerates control features required if cut labeling is used. Cut labeling, also known as gang-printed labeling, is "labeling derived from a sheet of material on which more than one item of labeling is printed." FDA found that because the various labeling pieces must be cut or separated and transported, "stacks of labeling of similar size, shape and color could easily be intermixed."