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FDA Promotes Programs for Safe Use of Biotechnology

Posted on March 22, 2019

Drs. Susan Mayne, head of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), and Dennis Keefe (head of CFSAN’s Office of Food Additive Safety)

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Arizona Legislators Join Cell-Cultured Meat Labeling Debate

Posted on March 20, 2019

As previously reported on this blog, there has been considerable discussion around the regulation of cell-cultured meat both at the federal and state levels. Earlier this month, USDA and

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‘Dairy Pride Act’ Introduced Again

Posted on March 19, 2019

As previously reported on this blog, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin’s (D-WI) introduction of the Dairy Pride Act in 2017 was met with controversy. On March 14, 2019, Sen. Baldwin,

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FDA Announces New Policies on e-Cigarettes and Cigars to Stem Surge in Youth Smoking

Posted on March 14, 2019

On March 13, 2019, FDA proposed to end the Agency’s current compliance policy on flavored e-cigarettes (other than tobacco-, mint-, and menthol-flavored products), as well as its policy on flavored

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FDA Releases Second Installment of Intentional Adulteration Draft Guidance

Posted on March 13, 2019

FDA released the second installment of a draft guidance designed to support compliance with the Intentional Adulteration (IA) rRule under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The first

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FDA Removes Import Alert for GE Salmon

Posted on March 12, 2019

U.S. Food and Drug Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., announced on March 8, that the Agency was deactivating a 2016 import alert that prevented genetically engineered (GE) salmon from entering the

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USDA and FDA Provide Additional Details on Joint Regulation of Cell-Cultured Meat

Posted on March 8, 2019

As we previously reported, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in a November 16, 2018

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FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb Resigns

Posted on March 6, 2019

On Tuesday, March 5, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb announced he would resign at the end of the month. Gottlieb, a physician and former deputy commissioner in the George W. Bush

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FDA Takes New Steps to Curtail Youth Access to Tobacco Products and E-Cigarettes

Posted on March 5, 2019

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced several new steps it is taking to combat youth access to tobacco products and e-cigarettes. In a March 4 statement, FDA

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This Week’s Cannabis Highlights

Posted on March 1, 2019

As previously reported in this blog, the 2018 Farm Bill removed hemp – defined as Cannabis sativa L. with less than 0.3% THC on a dry weight basis –

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