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FDA Guidance for Labeling Plant-based Products

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The FDA has developed draft guidance addressing confusion and legal action over the naming and labeling of plant-based alternatives to eggs, seafood, poultry, meat and dairy (excluding plant-based milk, e.g. oat milk). FDA is...more

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Food and Beverage News and Trends - January 2025

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FDA issues final guidance on lead in baby food. FDA has issued its Final Guidance on Action Levels for Lead in Processed Food Intended for Babies and Young Children as part of its Closer to Zero initiative to reduce dietary...more

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FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Labeling of Plant-Based Alternatives to Animal-Derived Foods

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On January 6, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued draft guidance on the labeling of plant-based alternatives to animal-derived foods. The draft guidance provides best practices for naming plant-based...more

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Making Sense of FDA's Draft Guidance on Plant-Based Milk Alternatives

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In February, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued draft guidance describing its "current view" of how companies should name plant-based foods marketed and sold as alternatives to milk. In this hotly contested...more

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Got M*lk?

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The FDA is catching up with the increase in demand for plant-based milks that has occurred throughout the last ten years. There is no established standard for the compositional requirements of plant-based milk alternatives...more

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FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Naming and Voluntary Nutrient Statements for Plant-Based Milk Alternatives

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On February 23, 2023, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the issuance of a draft guidance document entitled “Labeling of Plant-Based Milk Alternatives and Voluntary Nutrient Statements: Guidance for Industry.”...more

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FDA Releases Draft Guidance For Labeling Of Plant-Based Milk Alternatives

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In 2018, when former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb famously commented that “an almond doesn’t lactate,” he was adding perhaps the most colorful volley in a long-simmering debate about how the Food and Drug Administration...more

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FDA Takes Long-Awaited Action on Labeling Plant-Based Milk Alternatives

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Following several years of lead-up, including public engagement, the review of more than 13,000 comments, and conducting focus group studies, on February 22, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") issued a draft...more

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FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Labeling of Plant-Based Milk Alternatives

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On February 22, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) announced a much-anticipated draft guidance regarding the naming and labeling of plant-based milk alternatives. Significantly, under the draft guidance, FDA...more

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FDA Releases Draft Guidance on Labeling of Plant Based Milk Alternatives

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On February 22, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA” or “Agency”) released draft guidance on labeling of plant-based milk alternatives (“PDMA”). This draft guidance is meant to clarify the FDA’s current view on...more

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FDA issues draft guidance on labeling of plant-based milk alternatives

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On February 22, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a draft guidance document recommending that plant-based alternative milks that use “milk” in the name (e.g., “soy milk”, “almond milk,” “oat milk”), and...more

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