0910-AI40 202010 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 Milk and Cream Product and Yogurt Products, Final Rule to Revoke the Standards for Lowfat Yogurt and Nonfat Yogurt and to Amend the Standard for Yogurt

This final rule amends the standard of identity for yogurt and revokes the standards of identity for lowfat yogurt and nonfat yogurt. It modernizes the standard for yogurt to allow for technological advances, to preserve the basic nature and essential characteristics of yogurt, and to promote honesty and fair dealing in the interest of consumers. Section 701(e)(1), of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act requires that the amendment or repeal of the definition and standard of identity for a dairy product proceed under a formal rulemaking process. Such is consistent with the formal rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act (5 U.S.C. 556 and 557). Although, standard practice is not to include formal rulemaking in the Unified Agenda, this rule is included to highlight the de-regulatory work in this space.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage No No Fully or Partially Exempt 21 CFR 131 21 U.S.C. 321 21 U.S.C. 336 21 U.S.C. 341 21 U.S.C. 343 21 U.S.C. 348 21 U.S.C. 371(e) 21 U.S.C. 379e No ANPRM 07/03/2003 68 FR 39873 ANPRM Comment Period End 10/01/2003 NPRM 01/15/2009 74 FR 2443 NPRM Comment Period End 04/29/2009 Final Rule 11/00/2020 Yes Businesses None No Yes No Terri Wenger Food Technologist 0910 Food and Drug Administration FDA 240 402-2371 terri.wenger@fda.hhs.gov Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, 5001 Campus Drive, College Park MD 20740