FDA ends regulation of French dressing
after 72 years
Posted By: Ribicon, 1/13/2022 7:54:34 PM
The Food and Drug Administration said it will stop regulating French dressing after keeping a tight rein on its key ingredients since 1950. The US agency announced on Wednesday that it would lift guidelines that required manufacturers to sell a product with 35% vegetable oil if it wanted to market it as “French dressing.”(Snip) By removing the standard, the FDA hopes to “provide greater flexibility in the product’s manufacture, consistent with comparable, nonstandardized foods available in the marketplace.” The move was made in response to a 1998 petition that was filed by the Association of Dressings and Sauces. It is unclear why the FDA waited until recently to address
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The FDA's fiscal 2019 budget was $6.1 billion, which amounts to $337,726 when allocated across each of its 18,062 full-time equivalent employees. Between the rubber-stamping of dangerous shots and the withholding of useful therapies, and pulling perfectly safe older drugs off the market because they've not been tested under the latest standards, give or take their great work on regulating mayonnaise, vanilla extract, and frozen cherry pies, it's easy to see how much value Americans receive from their hard-earned tax dollars.