FDA Asks for Comments on Allowing Artificial Sweeteners in SOIs for Milk and Cream
The Food and Drug Administration is asking for comments by May 21 on a request to change the standard of identity for milk and 17 other dairy products to allow use of artificial sweeteners in flavorings used in milk. The petition, filed by the International Dairy Foods Association and the National Milk Producers Federation, seeks to amend several standards of identity in 21 CFR 131 to allow use of “any safe and suitable sweetener” in optional characterizing flavoring ingredients used in milk. The provisions currently allow use of a “nutritive sweetener.” The amendments would allow use of aspartame in flavored milk and milk products, promoting more healthful eating practices and reducing childhood obesity, the petitioners said.
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Standards the petitioners seek to amend include: milk; acidified milk; cultured milk; sweetened condensed milk; nonfat dry milk; nonfat dry milk fortified with vitamins A and D; evaporated milk; dry cream; heavy cream; light cream; light whipping cream; sour cream; acidified sour cream; eggnog; half-and-half; yogurt; lowfat yogurt; and nonfat yogurt.