Food Standards of Identity, Quality and Fill of Container; Common or Usual Name Regulations; Request for Comments on Existing Regulations

Résumé

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that it intends to review its regulations pertaining to identity, quality, and fill of container for standardized foods and its common or usual name regulations for nonstandardized foods. As part of this review, the agency is soliciting comments from all interested parties on whether these regulations should be retained, revised, or revoked. FDA solicits comments on the benefits or lack of benefits of such regulations in facilitating domestic, as well as international, commerce and on the value of these regulations to consumers. The agency also solicits comments on alternative means of accomplishing the statutory objective of food standards, i.e., to promote honesty and fair dealing in the interest of consumers in the manufacture and sale of food products covered by these regulations. This review responds in part to President Clinton's memorandum to heads of departments and agencies, entitled ``Regulatory Reinvention Initiative,'' dated March 4, 1995.