- On July 9, 2019 the Food and Drug Association (FDA) announced the availability of “Advice about Eating Fish: For Women Who Are or Might Become Pregnant, Breastfeeding Mothers, and Young
Upcoming Public Workshop to Provide Update on FDA’s Predictive Toxicology Roadmap
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- Adequate toxicological data – often involving the sacrifice of laboratory animals – are necessary for reaching a safety decision on the products that are subject to FDA’s regulatory review. FDA’s
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Bill Introduced to Protect State Cannabis Programs from Federal Interference
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- As previously reported on this blog, while the 2018 Farm Bill removed hemp from the Controlled Substances Act, its passage did not affect FDA’s authority to regulate cannabidiol (CBD)
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FDA Adds New Ingredients to Dietary Supplement Ingredient Advisory List
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- On June 25, Frank Yiannis, Deputy Commissioner, Food Policy and Response, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), announced via Twitter that FDA has added octopamine and N-Methyltyramine to the Dietary Supplement
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San Francisco Passes Law Ban on E-Cigarettes Sales
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- On Tuesday, June 25th, San Francisco’s City’s Board of Supervisors voted unanimously in favor of an ordinance to effectively ban e-cigarette sales in the city. As previously reported
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FDA Issues Warning Letters to Companies Illegally Selling Unapproved, Misbranded Kratom Products
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- On June 25, FDA issued warning letters to two marketers and distributors of kratom products – Cali Botanicals and Kratom NC. FDA determined that the companies were illegally selling
FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Reducing Microbial Hazards in Seed for Sprouting
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- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a draft guidance, titled, “Reducing Microbial Food Safety Hazards in the Production of Seed for Sprouting.” This draft guidance document
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FDA Finalizes Guidance on “Small Business” Definition under CGMP and Preventive Controls Regulations for Human and Animal Food
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- The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act’s (FSMA) Current Good Manufacturing Practice (CGMP) and Hazard Analysis and Risk-based Preventive Control (HARPC) provisions for human and animal food are implemented by
Louisiana Laws to Limit Use of Terms “Meat,” “Rice,” “Sugar” and “Milk” on Food Product Labels
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FDA Authorizes Qualified Health Claim for Foods and Supplements with EPA and DHA Omega-3 Fatty Acids
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- On June 19, 2019, FDA announced that it would not object to qualified health claims for foods and dietary supplements stating that the consumption of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic