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Article: FDA tells Kraft it must re-label products containing milk protein concentrates.(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- Food & Drink Weekly
- Article date:
- January 27, 2003
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FDA has warned Kraft Foods that it cannot continue to label three of its products as containing cheese because they contain milk protein concentrates (MPCs), which are prohibited from U.S. cheese-making. The products cited by FDA include Kraft Singles American, Swiss and Cheddar Pasteurized Process Cheese Food, and Kraft Velveeta Pasteurized Process Cheese Spread.
Following visits to several Kraft facilities last summer, acting Chicago FDA District Director Virginia Connelly wrote to the company warning that the use of MPCs in cheese products "constitutes a violation of [the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act] because the products are represented as foods for ...