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CSPI Petitions Agencies for Added Sugar Standards

Posted on February 3, 2022

On January 31, 2022, the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), together with the American Health Association and the American Public Health Association, petitioned the U.S. Department of

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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 Enforcement Discretion for Agricultural Water

Posted on January 27, 2022

On January 26, 2022, FDA published a constituent update reminding produce stakeholders about FDA’s intention to exercise enforcement discretion for agriculture water requirements for covered produce, except for those related

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FDA Releases Report on 2021 Leafy Greens Outbreak

Posted on January 20, 2022

On January 14, 2022, FDA released a report on the investigation into the Summer 2021 outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium associated with the consumption of packaged leafy greens. The investigation found

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FDA Publishes Paper on Asbestos Testing in Cosmetics

Posted on January 19, 2022

On January 13, the FDA published the Interagency Working Group on Asbestos in Consumer Products (IWGACP) white paper, “IWGACP Scientific Opinions on Testing Methods for Asbestos in Cosmetic Products Containing

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FDA Revokes Standard for French Dressing

Posted on January 13, 2022

As previously reported, on December 21, 2020, FDA issued a proposed rule to revoke the standard of identity (SOI) for French dressing. The standard of identity for French dressing,

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FDA Updates Procedures for Retail Food Safety Personnel

Posted on January 12, 2022

On January 11, the FDA released an updated version of the “Procedures for Standardization of Retail Food Safety Inspection Officers,” which is one of the Agency’s means to

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FDA Proposes Stricter Limits on Histamine in Fish

Posted on January 3, 2022

Histamine and other spoilage compounds can form when certain fish species, such as tuna and mahi-mahi, are not chilled promptly after death and maintained in a chilled state, or otherwise

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FDA Update on China Food Facility Registration

Posted on December 22, 2021

In a December 21 Constituent Update, the FDA announced that they provided the General Administration of Customs of China (GACC) lists of U.S. establishments that sought to be recommended

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Modernizing Foodborne Illness Outbreak Responses

Posted on December 10, 2021

As a part of its work to implement the Food Safety Modernization Act and New Era of Smarter Food Safety initiative, FDA has released its Foodborne Outbreak Response Improvement

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