; Dual-Column Labeling; Updating, Modifying, and Establishing Certain Reference Amounts Customarily Consumed; Serving Size for Breath Mints; and Technical Amendments; Proposed Extension of Compliance Dates published by the Food and Drug Administration in the Federal Register on October 2, 2017. 6. Ingredient labels (a) Format of ingredient labels (1) In general The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall include requirements for the format of the information required under section 403(i) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 343(i) )— (A) for the purpose of improving the readability of such information on the label of the food (other than a dietary supplement); and (B) that are, as determined by the Secretary, necessary to assist consumers in maintaining healthy dietary practices. (2) Format requirements The format requirements referred to in paragraph (1) shall include requirements for upper- and lower-case characters, serif and noncondensed font types, high-contrast between text and background, and bullet points between adjacent ingredients with appropriate exemptions for small packages or other considerations. (b) Characterizing ingredients in name or primary display panel (1) In general Section 403 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 343 ), as amended, is further amended by adding at the end the following: (cc) If the name or primary display panel of the food (other than a dietary supplement) refers to any characterizing ingredient or component of the food, unless— (1) the characterizing ingredient or component is a predominant ingredient in the food