- As previously reported, FDA recently released a draft guidance regarding the agency’s approach to evaluating the public health risks of allergens other than the nine major food allergens. On
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FDA Publishes List of Priority Guidance Documents
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- On January 31, the FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) and Office of Food Policy and Response (OFPR) released a list of draft and final guidance topics
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FDA Provides Video Overview of FASTER Act
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- Yesterday FDA released a video presentation summarizing the Food Allergy Safety, Treatment, Education, and Research (FASTER) Act which adds sesame as the 9th “major food allergen.”
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Allergists Urge Prompt Sesame Allergen Labeling
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- In a recent article published by the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI), the authors argued that foods containing sesame should be clearly labeled as containing the potential
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FDA Releases List of Draft & Final Guidance Topics
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- On June 29, the FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) and Office of Food Policy and Response (OFPR) released a list of draft and final guidance topics
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Congress Makes Sesame Ninth Major Food Allergen
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- On April 14, 2021, the House of Representatives passed H.R.1202 or the “Food Allergy Safety, Treatment, Education, and Research Act of 2021” (FASTER Act), which expands the definition of major
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Senate Passes Sesame Allergen Labeling Bill
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- On March 3, the US Senate passed S.578, the Food Allergy Safety, Treatment, Education, and Research (FASTER) Act of 2021, which would add sesame to the list of 8
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Sesame – the Ninth “Major Food Allergen”?
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- As our many of readers will know, food labels must declare the presence of an ingredient that is or that contains a protein from one of the “major food allergens”
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FDA Issues Warning Letter to Whole Foods for Pattern of Undeclared Allergens
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- On December 22, the FDA issued a Warning Letter to Whole Foods Market “for a pattern of receiving and offering for sale misbranded food products necessitating a series of food
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FDA Publishes Draft Guidance for the Voluntary Disclosure of Sesame
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- The FDA issued a draft guidance for the Voluntary Disclosure of Sesame as an Allergen to provide food manufacturers with the Agency’s current view on sesame as an allergen and
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