widely by food manufacturers, vendors, and
distributors and has been used in product
descriptions for quite some time at retail stores.
However, how specialty foods are defined is
vague. There is no universal and standard definition
of specialty foods. Despite the unique
characteristics of these products, the Food
and Drug Administration (FDA) and the United
States Department of Agriculture (USDA) do not
regulate specialty foods differently from other
conventional foods.
Several organizations have given their own