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FCC Development Process

USP develops—and publishes in the FCC—public standards to provide quality oversight for food ingredients. Public input and interaction are vital to the development of these standards. The standards originate from food ingredient manufacturers, users, and suppliers — from the draft monographs and data they provide. USP's scientific staff and volunteer experts review this input, conduct necessary laboratory tests, and ensure that the information is subject to a process of public review and comment. The public process helps to refine and finalize this information for publication in the FCC. A Food Ingredients Expert Committee, comprising of volunteer scientists elected on the basis of their knowledge and expertise, makes the final decisions to publish standards in the FCC.

Contact USP scientists about revisions

Email your questions about proposed revisions in specific areas to the right USP scientific staff.

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Accelerated Revision Process

Section 10.01 of the Rules and Procedures of the 2005-2010 Council of Experts (Rules) specify various processes (Accelerated Revision Processes) that can be used to make revisions to the FCC effective more quickly than through USP's standard process (Standard Revision Process). USP's Standard Revision Process calls for publication of a proposed revision in the FCC Forum (FF) for a 90-day notice and comment period and, after the revision is approved by the relevant USP Expert Committee, publication in the next FCC or Supplement, as applicable. Accelerated Revision Processes, which include Errata, Expedited Standards and Immediate Standards, do not always require notice and comment and allow for a revision to become effective prior to the next published FCC or Supplement.

The below Guideline delineates the circumstances under which the Accelerated Revision Processes can be utilized.