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VendingMarketWatch Top News Stories he U.S. Department of Labor announced its long-awaited changes to the federal overtime rule, increasing the minimum salary requirement under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The rule will automatically extend overtime pay protections to over 4 million workers within the frst year of implementation. Key Provisions of the Final Rule The Final Rule focuses primarily on updating the salary and compensa- tion levels needed for Executive, Administrative and Professional workers to be exempt. Specifcally, the Final Rule sets the standard salary level at $913 per week; $47,476 annually for a full-year worker. It also sets the total annual com- pensation requirement for highly compensated employees (HCE) subject to a minimal duties test to $134,004; and establishes a mechanism for automatically updating the sal- ary and compensation levels every three years to maintain the levels at the above percen- tiles and to ensure that they continue to provide useful and effective tests for exemption. The effective date of the fnal rule is December 1, 2016. More information on the rule can be found at www.dol.gov/whd/overtime/fnal2016. T Department Of Labor Issues Final Federal Overtime Rule tion Facts label will include the following: • An updated design to highlight "calories" and "servings." • Requirements for serv- ing sizes that more closely refect the amounts of food that people currently eat. • Declaration of grams and a percent daily value (%DV) for "added sugars" to help consumers know how much sugar has been added to the product. • "Dual column" labels to indicate both "per serving" and "per package" calorie and nutrition information for certain multi-serving food products that could be consumed in one sitting or multiple sittings. • For packages that are between one and two serv- ings, such as a 20 ounce soda, the calories and other nutrients will be required to be labeled as one serving because people typically consume it in one sitting. • Updated daily values for nutrients like sodium, dietary fber and vitamin D, consistent with Institute of Medicine recommendations and the 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. • Declaration of Vitamin D and potassium that will include the actual gram amount, in addition to the %DV. • "Calories from Fat" will be removed because research shows the type of fat is more important than the amount. "Total Fat," "Saturated Fat," and "Trans Fat" will continue to be required. • An abbreviated footnote to better explain the %DV. A driver fills his truck near Milwaukee, WI. The DOL announced changes to its overtime rule. Sunfower Kernel Recall Impacts Vending Brands: General Mills, Clif Bar & Co., Hershey ▶ As part of an ongoing national recall of sunfower kernels supplied by SunOpta, major vending brands have issued recalls of their prod- ucts that contain sunfower kernels and could potentially be contaminated. General Mills announced a voluntary national recall of four specifc favors of Nature Valley Protein Chewy Bars and Nature Valley Simple Nut Bars. The four favors of Nature Valley bars that are part of the recall were distributed to retail establishments throughout the United States. Clif Bar & Company initiated a voluntary recall of CLIF BAR ® Nuts & Seeds energy bars, CLIF BAR ® Sierra Trail Mix energy bars, and CLIF ® Mojo ® Mountain Mix ® trail mix bars, sold nationally. The Hershey Company issued a voluntary recall of three products sold under the SoFit brand. For a com- plete list of favors recalled, please visit www.vendingmar- ketwatch.com/12216993. FDA Modernizes Nutrition Facts Label For Packaged Foods ▶ The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has fnalized a new Nutrition Facts label that will be on food products nationwide. The new Nutri- f f 10 Automatic Merchandiser VendingMarketWatch.com June/July 2016