US Food and Drug Administration

Yogurt standard still uncertain in US

The IDFA has released a statement on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s response to IDFA’s objections and request for a hearing on the final rule to amend and modernise the standard of identity for yogurt.

Regulatory

The Gruyère complexity

News arrives that the term Gruyère is a generic term, as decided by a US District Court, is being appealed by the plaintiffs, the Swiss Interprofession du Gruyère and the French Syndicat Interprofessional du Gruyère, the US-based publication, Cheese Reporter, notes.

Business & trade, End products, Regulatory

If it’s unsafe, it’s not food

One of the things we take for granted in the world is food safety. Estimates are that one in ten people are getting sick from an ailment caused by their food, but this safety is currently neither measured nor managed.