{"id":12684,"date":"2018-10-10T09:00:47","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T13:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=12684"},"modified":"2018-10-02T13:06:53","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T17:06:53","slug":"fda-asks-for-input-on-use-of-the-names-of-dairy-foods-in-labeling-plant-based-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2018\/10\/10\/fda-asks-for-input-on-use-of-the-names-of-dairy-foods-in-labeling-plant-based-products\/","title":{"rendered":"FDA Asks for Input on Use of the Names of Dairy Foods in Labeling Plant-Based Products"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/423622_10150722659085681_897716390_n.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/423622_10150722659085681_897716390_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/423622_10150722659085681_897716390_n.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/423622_10150722659085681_897716390_n-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration is soliciting public input to answer the following questions:<\/p>\n<p>    How do you use plant-based products?<br \/>\n    What is your understanding of dairy terms like milk, yogurt and cheese when they are used to label plant-based products?<br \/>\n    Do you understand the nutritional characteristics of plant-based products? Do you know how they\u2019re different from each other? Do you know how their nutritional qualities compare with dairy products?<\/p>\n<p>Over the next year, the FDA will be looking at next steps, which will include issuing guidance for industry. This would clarify FDA\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>To submit electronic comments, go to<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.regulations.gov\/searchResults?rpp=25&#038;po=0&#038;s=FDA-2018-N-3522-0001&#038;fp=true&#038;ns=true\">https:\/\/www.regulations.gov\/searchResults?rpp=25&#038;po=0&#038;s=FDA-2018-N-3522-0001&#038;fp=true&#038;ns=true<\/a><br \/>\nClick on Comment Now.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, see<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.regulations.gov\/document?D=FDA-2018-N-3522-0001\">https:\/\/www.regulations.gov\/document?D=FDA-2018-N-3522-0001<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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\u2019re [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12684"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12685,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12684\/revisions\/12685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}