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FDA Announces Public Meeting to Discuss “A New Era of Smarter Food Safety”

Posted on September 18, 2019

FDA will hold a public meeting on October 21, 2019 to hear from a broad cross-section of stakeholders on their new food safety approach, called “A New Era of Smarter

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FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Reconditioning Fish

Posted on September 17, 2019

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued draft guidance for industry, titled, “Reconditioning of Fish and Fishery Products by Segregation.” This draft guidance explains two potential

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FDA Will Seek to Remove Flavored E-Cigarettes from the Market

Posted on September 13, 2019

On September 11, 2019 President Trump, along with HHS Secretary Azar and FDA Commissioner Sharpless, announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) intends to soon finalize a compliance policy

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Coconut Industry Campaigns to Remove Coconuts from “Top 8” Allergen List

Posted on September 11, 2019

On September 10, the Coconut Coalition of the Americas (CCA) launched a campaign to remove coconuts from the “top 8 allergen” list. As our readers likely know, the Food Allergen

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FDA Announces Modernization of NDIN Electronic Submission System

Posted on September 5, 2019

FDA has announced that it is launching a new electronic submission system for New Dietary Ingredient Notifications (NDINs) on Friday, September 6. The new system, the CFSAN Online Submission Module

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Amidst Regulatory Uncertainty, Cell-Based Meat Startups Form Coalition

Posted on September 4, 2019

As previously reported on this blog, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have announced an agreement to share regulatory oversight over cell-based

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FDA Announces Public Meeting to Discuss Modernizing Food Standards of Identity

Posted on August 30, 2019

FDA will hold a public meeting on September 27, 2019 to give interested parties an opportunity to discuss FDA’s effort to modernize food standards of identity (SOI) and to provide

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FDA Calls on Papaya Industry to Take Action to Prevent Foodborne Illness Outbreaks

Posted on August 28, 2019

On August 26, the FDA issued a letter to all sectors of the papaya industry to take action to prevent future foodborne illness outbreaks. As noted in the letter, since

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Update on the Regulation of CBD-Infused Products

Posted on August 23, 2019

As previously reported on this blog, state regulators want a role in the regulation of CBD-infused food, beverages, and supplements. And while industry has been pressuring FDA to create

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FDA Issues Guidance on Conversion Factors for Various Nutrients

Posted on August 22, 2019

FDA has issued Guidance for Industry (“Converting Units of Measure for Folate, Niacin, and Vitamins A, D, and E on the Nutrition and Supplement Facts Labels”) on how

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