date:May 30, 2012
Senators Dan Coats, Richard Lugar and Kristen Gillibrand called on the FDA to enforce its Standards of Identity regulations in a letter addressed to FDA commissioner Margaret Hamburg.
Standards of identity, which are outlined in the Code of Federation Regulations, are legal standards which define a foods minimum quality specification including permitted ingredients and processing requirements.
According to the letter, it has become increasingly common to find products on the market that use