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Food Additives Permitted for Direct Addition to Food for Human Consumption; Vitamin D3 in Yogurt and Other Cultured Dairy Products Fermented With Lactobacillus delbrueckii, Subspecies bulgaricus, and Streptococcus thermophilus

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STATUSIN FORCE
EFFECTIVESep 4, 2025
COMMENTS CLOSE—
APPLIES TO · SPEQ TAGFood
Document type
Rule
Agency
Health and Human Services Department
Published
September 4, 2025
Effective
September 4, 2025
Document number
2025-16946
CFR references
21 CFR 172
Docket
FDA-2021-F-0366
ABSTRACT

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of vitamin D<INF>3</INF> as a nutrient supplement in yogurt and other cultured dairy products fermented with Lactobacillus delbrueckii, subspecies bulgaricus (L. delbrueckii, subsp. bulgaricus), and Streptococcus thermophilus (S. thermophilus) at a level higher than is currently permitted. We are taking this action in response to a food additive petition filed by General Mills, Inc. (General Mills or petitioner). We are also updating the reference for the vitamin D<INF>3</INF> specifications.

Abstract as published in the Federal Register.