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Update on FDA’s New Era of Smarter Food Safety Initiative in Light of COVID-19

Posted on June 5, 2020

Last year we reported on FDA’s announcement on the “New Era of Smarter Food Safety”, an effort intended to combine the implementation of Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) with new

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European Commission Announces Adoption of Biodiversity and Farm to Fork Strategies

Posted on May 22, 2020

On May 20, 2020 the European Commission announced its adoption of the Biodiversity Strategy and a Farm to Fork Strategy. As core parts of the European Green New Deal,

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Federal Court Dismisses Workers’ Rights Suit against Smithfield Foods Inc.

Posted on May 8, 2020

A federal court has dismissed a suit brought by Rural Community Workers Alliance, alleging unsafe working conditions due to COVID-19 for workers at a Smithfield pork processing plant in Missouri.

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FDA Increases FSVP Enforcement

Posted on April 24, 2020

FDA appears to have stepped up its enforcement of Foreign Supplier Verification (FSVP) regulations in the past several weeks, issuing four warning letters to companies in the past month for

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FDA Issues Warning Letter for Fraudulent COVID-19 Treatment Product

Posted on April 10, 2020

FDA has issued warning letters to companies selling allegedly fraudulent products with claims to prevent, cure, treat, or diagnose COVID-19. Companies that sell products with unapproved claims regarding COVID-19 may

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FSIS Seeks to Expand Use of Term “Healthy”

Posted on March 27, 2020

Consistent with similar efforts by FDA, USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is initiating rulemaking to update its regulations on the term “healthy” in line with FDA’s 2016

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FDA Launches Campaign on New Nutrition Facts Label

Posted on March 13, 2020

As previously covered on this blog, FDA issued final rules in May 2016 to implement changes to the nutritional labeling and serving size regulations. For manufacturers with $10 million

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FSANZ Releases 2019 Food Recall Statistics

Posted on February 28, 2020

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has released its food recall statistics for 2019. Recalls were down from 100 in 2018 to 87 in 2019. The most common cause of

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FDA Releases Draft Guidance on Pre-Submission Consultation Process for Animal Food Additive Petitions or Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) Notices

Posted on February 14, 2020

FDA Releases Draft Guidance on Pre-Submission Consultation Process for Animal Food Additive Petitions or Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) Notices

On February 13, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration

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Comments on Chapter 14: Recall Plan of FDA’s Draft Guidance on Human HARPC Rule Due February 4

Posted on January 30, 2020

As previously reported on this blog, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been issuing guidance chapters on compliance with its Final Rule for Preventive Controls for Human Food on

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