Comment from Perino Nina
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Summary: The Animal Legal Defense Fund is requesting that the FDA require clear disclosure of animal-derived ingredients on food labels. They argue that current regulations are inadequate for consumers with life-threatening allergies, health concerns, or specific ethical and religious beliefs.
A recent survey reveals that Americans overwhelmingly want to know, but —under current U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) labeling requirements — disturbingly cannot tell when their food contains animal-derived ingredients.
This issue is important because life-threatening allergies such as alpha-gal syndrome can be triggered by even trace amounts of animal-derived ingredients. Consumers may also have other allergies, health concerns, or closely held ethical or religious beliefs that prohibit their consumption of foods that contain animal-derived ingredients.
The agency’s inadequate regulations mean that people with closely held ethical and religious beliefs, health concerns, and some with life-threatening allergies, disturbingly are unable to tell when foods contain animal-derived ingredients. Please require disclosure when products contain Animal Ingredients.