Joint FDA-USDA Proposed Rule on Food Standards Modernization Withdrawn
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced the withdrawal of the 2005 proposed rule, titled, Food Standards; General Principles and Food Standards Modernization. The decision was made in response to comments received both in 2005 after publication of the proposed rule, and in 2020 after FDA reopened the comment period for the proposed rule.
The proposed rule, published jointly with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA’s FSIS), aimed to establish a set of general principles for FDA and FSIS to use when considering whether to establish, revise, or eliminate a food standard.