June 17, 2019                                           
          
         Andrea Krause 
         Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition 
         Food and Drug Administration 
         5001 Campus Drive 
         College Park, MD 20740 
          
         Re: The Use of an Alternate Name for Potassium Chloride in Food Labeling; Draft Guidance 
         for Industry; Availability; Docket No. FDA-2019-D-0892  
          
         Dear Andrea, 
          
         The undersigned members of the Food and Beverage Issue Alliance (FBIA) are writing to 
         request an extension in the comment period for the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) 
         draft guidance on the use of an alternate name for potassium chloride in food labeling. 1/  We 
         support FDA’s efforts, as part of the agency’s Nutrition Innovation Strategy, to consider ways in 
         which the ingredient information on food labels could be modernized, as well as how such 
         changes might help to facilitate sodium reduction efforts. We appreciate the opportunity to 
         submit feedback regarding the use of an alternate common or usual name for potassium 
         chloride. Many of the signatories on this letter plan to submit comments to the agency regarding 
         this important topic. However, additional time is needed to obtain consumer perception data and 
         information to submit as part of our comments.  
          
         We respectfully request that FDA extend the comment period for an additional 60 days, until 
         September 17, 2019. The additional time will allow us to prepare thorough and meaningful 
         comments informed by well-designed consumer perception research.  
          
         We greatly appreciate your timely consideration and prompt response to this request. 
          
          
         Sincerely, 
          
         American Bakers Association 
         American Frozen Food Institute 
         Council for Responsible Nutrition 
         Independent Bakers Association 
                                                            
         1/  84 FR 22749 (May 20, 2019); Draft Guidance for Industry: The Use of an Alternate Name 
         for  Potassium  Chloride  in  Food  Labeling  (May  2019),  https://www.fda.gov/regulatory-
         information/search-fda-guidance-documents/draft-guidance-industry-use-alternate-name-
         potassium-chloride-food-labeling.    
       International Dairy Foods Association 
       International Food Additives Council  
       Juice Products Association 
       SNAC International 
       The Association for Dressings & Sauces 
       U.S. Apple Association 
        
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