The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is amending the food additive regulations to expand the safe uses of vitamin D2 as a nutrient supplement in edible plant-based beverages intended for use as milk alternatives and in edible plant-based yogurt alternatives and vitamin D3 as a nutrient supplement in milk at levels higher than those currently permitted. We are taking this action in response to a food additive petition filed by Dean Foods Company and WhiteWave Foods Company.
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Food Additives Permitted for Direct Addition to Food for Human Consumption; Vitamin D2
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is amending the food additive regulations to expand the safe uses of vitamin D<INF>2</INF> as a nutrient supplement in edible plant-...
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81 FR 46578
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“Food Additives Permitted for Direct Addition to Food for Human Consumption; Vitamin D2,” thefederalregister.org (July 18, 2016), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2016-16738/food-additives-permitted-for-direct-addition-to-food-for-human-consumption-vitamin-d2.