FDA Asks for Input on Use of the Names of Dairy Foods in Labeling Plant-Based Products
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is soliciting public input to answer the following questions:
How do you use plant-based products?
What is your understanding of dairy terms like milk, yogurt and cheese when they are used to label plant-based products?
Do you understand the nutritional characteristics of plant-based products? Do you know how they’re different from each other? Do you know how their nutritional qualities compare with dairy products?
Over the next year, the FDA will be looking at next steps, which will include issuing guidance for industry. This would clarify FDA’s thinking regarding the labeling of plant-based products with names that include the names of dairy foods while giving manufacturers adequate notice about any changes.
To submit electronic comments, go to
https://www.regulations.gov/searchResults?rpp=25&po=0&s=FDA-2018-N-3522-0001&fp=true&ns=true
Click on Comment Now.
For more information, see
https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=FDA-2018-N-3522-0001
