The association said the rule threatens to remove popular yogurt products from grocery store shelves and harm dairy food makers.
FDA issued a final rule to revoke the standards of identity for lowfat yogurt and nonfat yogurt and amend the standard of identity for yogurt in numerous respects. The rule went into effect on July 12.
Joseph Scimeca, Ph.D., senior vice president of regulatory and scientific affairs for the Washington, D.C.-based International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), issued the following statement on IDFA’s formal objection to the final rule.