FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION ISSUES RULE: FOOD STANDARDS OF IDENTITY MODERNIZATION; PASTEURIZED ORANGE JUICE

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Food and Drug Administration has issued a rule called: Food Standards of Identity Modernization; Pasteurized Orange Juice.

The rule was published in the Federal Register on July 20 by Robert F. Kennedy, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.

Summary: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is issuing a final rule to amend the standard of identity for pasteurized orange juice by lowering the minimum orange juice soluble solids content from 10.5deg to 10deg Brix and permitting up to 15 percent Citrus reticulatajuice or Citrus reticulatahybrid juice, by volume. This final rule modernizes the pasteurized orange juice standard. This action responds to two citizen petitions: one submitted by the Florida ...