FDA changes 72yo standard – By Russia Today Staff (Russia Today) / January 13, 2022
The deregulation of the salad topping will give producers license to innovate and provide more choice for customers
he US Food and Drug Administration has deregulated the making of French dressing, revoking the “standard of identity” for the salad topping. The request comes decades after the industry first called for standards to be dropped.
On Thursday, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) tossed out the old “standard of identity” for French dressing in a move that gives makers the chance to innovate and create new variants of the popular American salad topping.
The FDA determined “that the standard of identity for French dressing no longer promotes honesty and fair dealing in the interest of consumers” and that deregulating its production would be consistent with other condiments which are not governed by standardization.
The 72-year-old “standard of identity” mandated which ingredients must be present in the sauce for it to be marketed as French dressing. Historically, the sauce contains tomatoes, oil, vinegar, and other seasonings
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