Consumer Safety Officer

0910-AI15 202310 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0910 Food and Drug Administration FDA 0900 Department of Health and Human Services HHS Revocation of Uses of Partially Hydrogenated Oils in Foods

In the Federal Register of June 17, 2015 (80 FR 34650), FDA published a declaratory order announcing our final determination that there is no longer a consensus among qualified experts that partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs) are generally recognized as safe (GRAS) for any use in human food. In the Federal Register of May 21, 2018 (83 FR 23382), we denied a food additive petition requesting that the food additive regulations be amended to provide for the safe use of PHOs in certain food applications. Next, on August 9, 2023, we issued a direct final rule and companion proposed rule that would update our regulations to remove all mention of PHOs from FDA's GRAS regulations and as an optional ingredient in standards of identity. This action would also revoke all prior sanctions for uses of PHOs in food.

]]> Other Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Completed Actions No No 21 CFR 101.4 21 CFR 161.190 21 CFR 164.150 21 CFR 184.1472 21 CFR 184.1555 21 CFR 186.1551 21 U.S.C. 321 21 U.S.C. 341 21 U.S.C. 342 21 U.S.C. 343 21 U.S.C. 348 21 U.S.C. 371 21 U.S.C. 379e No NPRM 08/09/2023 88 FR 53827 NPRM Comment Period End 10/23/2023 Direct Final Rule 08/09/2023 88 FR 53764 Direct Final Rule Effective 12/22/2023 Yes Businesses None No Yes No Ellen Anderson Consumer Safety Officer 0910 Food and Drug Administration FDA 240 402-1309 ellen.anderson@fda.hhs.gov HFS-265, 4300 River Road, College Park MD 20740