Food Labeling: Warning and Notice Statements; Labeling of Juice Products

Résumé

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to require warning statements on packaged fruit and vegetable juice products that have not been processed to destroy pathogenic microorganisms that may be present. FDA is taking this action because of the recent outbreaks of foodborne illness and deaths caused by consumption of juice products that were not pasteurized or otherwise processed to control pathogenic microorganisms. This requirement for warning labels will serve to reduce the risk of foodborne illness. Elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register, FDA is proposing to require that juice be processed under a Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point program (HACCP).