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Lawsuit Alleges FDA Has Unduly Delayed Response to PFAS Petition

Posted on February 26, 2025
  • Last month a lawsuit filed by plaintiffs including the Tucson Environmental Justice Task Force (TEJTF) filed suit against FDA and now former FDA commissioner Robert Califf alleging that FDA had
… Continue Reading Lawsuit Alleges FDA Has Unduly Delayed Response to PFAS Petition

FDA Supplements Response to D-Tagatose Petition

Posted on January 3, 2024
  • As we have previously blogged, in 2022 FDA denied a petition from Bonumose LLC which requested that the agency exempt D-tagatose from declaration as an added sugar. The petition
… Continue Reading FDA Supplements Response to D-Tagatose Petition

FDA Proposes to Amend Canned Tuna Standard

Posted on August 25, 2023
  • On August 25, the FDA published a proposed rule to revise the standard of identity and standard of fill of container for canned tuna. If finalized, the proposed rule would:
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FDA Responds to CSPI’s Sesame Allergen Labeling Petition

Posted on August 18, 2023
  • On July 26, the FDA responded to a January 30, 2023 citizen petition filed by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) regarding sesame allergen labeling by denying
… Continue Reading FDA Responds to CSPI’s Sesame Allergen Labeling Petition

FDA Petitioned to Set Added Sugar Reduction Targets

Posted on May 9, 2023
  • Last month the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) and New York City’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOHMH) petitioned FDA to issue voluntary guidance aimed
… Continue Reading FDA Petitioned to Set Added Sugar Reduction Targets

CSPI Petitions FDA to Take Action to Reduce Sodium in Food

Posted on April 18, 2023
  • Earlier this month, the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), a nonprofit with a mission to improve public health through better nutrition and safer food, petitioned FDA to
… Continue Reading CSPI Petitions FDA to Take Action to Reduce Sodium in Food

FDA Petitioned for Front-Of-Pack Nutrition Labeling

Posted on August 10, 2022
  • The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), the Association of SNAP Nutrition Education Administrators (ASNNA), and the Association of State Public Health Nutritionists (ASPHN) submitted a Citizen Petition

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PETA Petitions USDA-FSIS to Remove Animal Raising Claims from Label Approval Process

Posted on July 5, 2022
  • On June 27th, the People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) submitted a petition to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) requesting that

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FDA Denies Request to Exempt D-Tagatose from Added Sugar Labeling

Posted on May 24, 2022
  • In a letter dated May 18, 2022, FDA denied a citizen petition from Bonumose LLC which requested that the Agency (1) exempt D-tagatose from classification as an “Added Sugar” and

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Sugar Association Files Supplemental Petition Urging Regulatory Changes for Artificially Sweetened Foods

Posted on March 11, 2022
  • This week the Sugar Association submitted a Supplemental petition (“Supplement”) to FDA to further support the Association’s June 2020 petition Misleading Labeling Sweeteners and Request for Enforcement Action (“Petition”). 

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