IDFA: FDA is telling dairy industry ‘to keep waiting’ for yogurt rules
Michael Dykes, D.V.M., president and CEO of IDFA, said the association’s efforts to reform the yogurt standard of identity will continue into a fifth decade.
On March 22, FDA provided a notice of a stay of the effectiveness of certain provisions of a final yogurt rule published in the Federal Register of June 11, 2021 (“Petition for an Administrative Stay of Action: Milk and Cream; Definitions and Standards of Identity for Yogurt, Lowfat Yogurt, and Nonfat Yogurt”).
Michael Dykes, D.V.M., president and CEO of the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), released the following statement today on FDA’s response to IDFA’s objections and request for a hearing on the final rule to amend and modernize the standard of identity (SOI) for yogurt released in June 2021: