FDA strategy promises progress on standards and labeling
With the right approach and focus, the agency’s comprehensive initiative will provide the updates companies need to innovate and meet the tastes of today’s consumers.
Consumers walking down the dairy aisle have their choice of many different brands and products, from traditional favorites to new offerings with novel tastes, textures, flavors and nutritional content. When they’re making purchase decisions, product labels matter.
For dairy foods processors seeking to innovate and meet consumer demands, product labels matter, too, because FDA has strict standards of identity that companies must meet before placing a “milk,” “cheese” or “yogurt” label on a product. FDA also decides what appears on nutrition and ingredients labels, as well as whether a product can include claims such as “healthy.” Overall, dairy product regulations represent one-third of the 280 federal food standards of identity.