Milk and Cream Products and Yogurt Products; Petition to Revoke Standards for Lowfat Yogurt and Nonfat Yogurt and to Amend Standards for Yogurt and Cultured Milk; Reopening of the Comment Period

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reopening for 90 days the comment period for an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) that announced the filing of a petition asking the agency to revoke the standards of identity for lowfat yogurt and nonfat yogurt; amend the standard of identity for yogurt in numerous respects, including incorporation of provisions for lowfat and nonfat yogurt; and amend the standard of identity for cultured milk in numerous respects, including allowing for the use of the alternate term "fermented milk." This action is being taken in response to a request for more time to submit comments to FDA.