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FEDERAL REGISTER · NOTICEJanuary 7, 2025NOTICE — NO LEGAL EFFECT

Labeling of Plant-Based Alternatives to Animal-Derived Foods: Draft Guidance for Industry; Availability; Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request

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STATUSNOTICE — NO LEGAL EFFECT
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Document type
Notice
Agency
Health and Human Services Department
Published
January 7, 2025
Comments close
May 7, 2025
Document number
2024-31535
Docket
FDA-2022-D-1102
ABSTRACT

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry entitled "Labeling of Plant-Based Alternatives to Animal-Derived Foods." This draft guidance, when finalized, will provide our recommendations on best practices for naming and labeling of certain plant-based foods that are marketed and sold as alternatives for animal-derived foods (plant-based alternative foods), especially in the absence of a common or usual name for the product. This draft guidance does not address the naming and labeling of plant-based milk alternatives; FDA is providing recommendations regarding these products in a separate guidance document.

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