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Article: Definition of "fresh" continues to be an issue for bakers.(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- Food & Drink Weekly
- Article date:
- June 21, 2004
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Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations permit milk processors to put the word "fresh" on their milk cartons. And raw agricultural produce can be advertised and sold as "fresh." So why is it, asks the American Bakers Association (ABA), that FDA won't allow the word on baked goods? In recent comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA)--an office within the White House Office of Management and Budget--ABA claims that the FDA rule barring the word "fresh" on baked goods puts those products at a disadvantage in the marketplace.
ABA is asking that the definition be changed "to state that, like pasteurized milk, baked goods that are ...