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WHY GO TO THE FDA WITH OUR APPEAL?

  
     
 

The Food and Drug Administration is one of the nation's oldest and most respected consumer protection agencies. Within its broad scope of responsibilities in protecting the consumer, it has the authority in regulating and overseeing product Standards of Identity. Standards of Identity define what a given food product is, its name, and the ingredients that must be used, or may be used in the manufacture of the food. Food standards ensure that consumers get what they expect when they purchase certain food products. These food standards prescribe minimum amounts of certain ingredients, Food standards are used to ensure that products sold under particular names have the characteristics expected by consumers.

 

Simply put, the FDA sets the rules that manufacturers need to follow. The manufacturers are asking the FDA to relax the ingredient specifications permitting less expensive vegetable fats and to allow 100% substitution of these fats for cocoa butter and still call it chocolate.