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80,000 Pounds of Butter Recalled for Undeclared Milk Allergen Warning

Posted on November 15, 2024
  • On October 11, 2024, Costco issued a recall for nearly 80,000 pounds of its Kirkland Signature butter due to a labeling oversight.  Milk, classified as one of the nine major
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FDA Release Results of Sampling of Retail Dairy-Free Dark Chocolate and Chocolate-Containing Products for Milk Allergen

Posted on September 19, 2024
  • On September 17, 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released results from retail sampling of dark chocolate and chocolate-containing products labeled as “dairy free” that were collected and
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FDA Issues Warning Letter Related to Allergen Labeling Practices

Posted on June 26, 2024
  • Yesterday FDA announced that it had issued a warning letter to Bimbo Bakeries USA, Inc. for, among other things, including allergen labeling elements in certain product labels (e.g. “contains sesame”),
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FDA Publishes List of 2023 Priority Guidance Topics

Posted on February 27, 2023
  • FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) and Office of Food Policy and Response (OFPR) routinely publish a list of possible new topics for guidance documents or revisions
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Sesame Listed as Major Food Allergen

Posted on January 5, 2023
  • Effective January 1, 2023, sesame joined the list of major food allergens.  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) now requires that foods containing sesame are subject to
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CSPI Criticizes FDA Allergen Guidance

Posted on April 21, 2022
  • As previously reported, FDA recently released a draft guidance regarding the agency’s approach to evaluating the public health risks of allergens other than the nine major food allergens.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

Posted on February 2, 2022
  • 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

Posted on February 1, 2022
  • 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.”
  • Specifically, the presentation

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Allergists Urge Prompt Sesame Allergen Labeling

Posted on January 7, 2022
  • 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

Posted on June 30, 2021
  • 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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