🥗FDA Delays Effective Date of "Healthy" Food Labeling Regulation
In accordance with the memorandum of January 20, 2025, from the President, entitled "Regulatory Freeze Pending Review," the effective date of the final rule entitled "Food Labeling: Nutrient Content Claims; Definition of Term `Healthy,' " is delayed until April 28, 2025.
Learn More🐾New Animal Drug Regulations Affecting Compliance and Approval Processes
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect application-related actions for new animal drug applications (NADAs) and abbreviated new animal drug applications (ANADAs) during October, November, and December 2024. The animal drug regulations are also being amended to improve their accuracy and readability.
Learn More🥩FDA Regulation on Myoglobin as Color Additive for Meat Alternatives
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is amending the color additive regulations to provide for the safe use of myoglobin as a color additive in ground meat and ground poultry analogue products. We are taking this action in response to a color additive petition (CAP) submitted by Motif FoodWorks, Inc. (Motif FoodWorks or petitioner).
Learn More📊New FDA Food Labeling Rules
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) proposes to require front-of-package nutrition labels on most foods that must bear a Nutrition Facts label. This action, if finalized, would require the display of a compact informational box containing certain nutrient information on the principal display panel. The box would provide consumers, including those who have lower nutrition knowledge, with standardized, interpretive nutrition information that can help them quickly and easily identify how foods can be part of a healthy diet. We also propose to amend certain nutrient content claim regulations to align with current nutrition science and avoid within-label inconsistencies.
Learn More🥛FDA Seeks Information on High-Protein Yogurt Standards by 2025
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is requesting information and data about the manufacturing processes and ingredients used to make certain dairy products referred to as high-protein yogurt, Greek yogurt, or Greek-style yogurt in this document. We are taking this action, in part, because the yogurt standard of identity may not align with certain manufacturing processes and ingredients used to concentrate protein to manufacture these products. We intend to use the information and data to help determine what type(s) of actions, if any, should be taken.
Learn More🍽️FDA Guidance on Sanitation for Low-Moisture Ready-To-Eat Foods
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, the Agency, or we) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry entitled "Establishing Sanitation Programs for Low-Moisture Ready-to-Eat Human Foods and Taking Corrective Actions Following a Pathogen Contamination Event." The draft guidance, when finalized, will explain FDA's current thinking on establishing a routine sanitation program for low-moisture ready-to-eat human foods (LMRTE foods) that can help prevent contamination of food or a food-contact surface with a pathogen and will explain our current thinking for corrective actions, including corrective actions to remediate contamination of food-contact surfaces, if prevention fails.
Learn More🥚FDA Revokes Liquid Eggs Temporary Permit
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing the revocation of the temporary permit issued to M.G. Waldbaum Co., a subsidiary of Michael Foods Egg Co., to market test "ultrapasteurized liquid whole eggs" and "ultrapasteurized liquid whole eggs with citric acid" because the need for the temporary permit no longer exists.
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