Food Standards of Identity (FDA)

Current understanding

To be populated as evidence accumulates.

2026-10-13 — Use of Salt Substitutes To Reduce the Sodium Content in Standardized Foods: cross-connection with fda-salt-substitutes-standardized-foods: The salt-substitutes final rule is a horizontal amendment to FDA food standards of identity, making it a concrete example of how standards are being modernized for public-health reformulation. (novelty: 3)
2026-07-20 — Food Standards of Identity Modernization; Pasteurized Orange Juice: FDA finalized amendments to the pasteurized orange juice standard of identity, lowering minimum soluble solids from 10.5° to 10° Brix and permitting up to 15% Citrus reticulata or hybrid juice by volume in response to industry petitions. (novelty: 2)