Food Standards; Reinvention of Regulations Needing Revisions; Request for Comments on Certain Existing Regulations

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that it intends to review its human food labeling regulations pertaining to: The exemption for soft drinks from requirements for the type size and placement of certain information on the information panel, requirements for listing ``statements of identity,'' and requirements for flavor labeling; its infant formula regulations to ensure that they fully reflect the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the act); and its regulations pertaining to the discharge of waste aboard casino ships, passenger ships, and ferries. The agency is also conducting a review of its food additive regulations to consolidate existing regulations. As part of this review of agency regulations, the agency is soliciting comments from all interested persons on whether the above 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 objectives that led to the adoption of the subject regula