		DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES			Public Health Service

																			Food and Drug Administration

		Rockville MD 20857



December 5, 2006

Michael F. Jacobson, Ph.D.

Executive Director

1875 Connecticut Ave., NW

Suite 300

Washington, DC 20009-5728

Dear Dr. Jacobson:

Your petition requesting the Food and Drug Administration to issue an
advance notice of proposed rulemaking regarding the use of symbols on
the principal display panel that would communicate to consumers the
healthfulness of foods was received by this office on 12/05/2006.  It
was assigned docket number 2006P-0498/CP1 and it was filed on
12/05/2006. Please refer to this docket number in future correspondence
on this subject with the Agency.

Please note that the acceptance of the petition for filing is a
procedural matter in that it in no way reflects an agency decision on
the substantive merits of the petition.

Sincerely,

Jennie Butler, Director

Division of Dockets Management

Office of Management Programs

Office of Management

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