Source: Library of Congress What do you call a frozen dessert where the following ingredients are blended together: Water Ice, of course — at least according to FDA regulations, 21 C.F.R. 135.160. This less famous food standard, reaches far back with FDA starting the process to write the regulation in late 1941, along with the…
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FDA’s 2024 To Do List: Food Labeling and Standards
A new year comes with resolutions and to-do lists. In that spirit, let’s see what FDA is working on for food labeling and food standard: Topic Additional Details Estimated Date Labeling of Plant-Based Alternatives to Animal-Derived Foods; Draft Guidance for Industry Presumably this will similar to the draft guidance for Plant-Based Milk Alternatives (issued February…
Regulatory Nonsense: Frozen Lemonade Concentrate
FDA recently announced that it may delete some outdated food standards — these are legally mandated recipes that FDA created to “promote honesty and fair dealing in the interest of consumers.” On FDA’s list is frozen cherry pie and I’d like to propose another one from the frozen food isle: frozen lemonade concentrate. That’s correct,…
FDA Storytime 