- Today, the FDA published guidance outlining key areas where it intends to exercise enforcement discretion in four of the rules that implement aspects of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).
OIG Report Finds FDA Recall Process is Slow
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- As our readership is well aware, the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) equips the FDA with mandatory recall authority to remove a potentially dangerous food product from the marketplace when
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IFSAC Releases New Report on Foodborne Illness Source Attribution Estimate for 2013
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- Created in 2011, the Interagency Food Safety Analytics Collaboration (IFSAC) is a partnership of three federal agencies—the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
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FDA: Antibiotics Sold and Distributed for Use in Food-Producing Animals Down in 2016
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- For years, FDA, USDA, and various industry stakeholders have sought to tackle public health concerns associated with the use of medically important antibiotics to promote growth or feed efficiency in
FDA Discontinues Food Advisory Committee
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- The Food Advisory Committee was established on March 6, 1992 (57 FR 8064). Over the years, the Committee has provided advice to the Commissioner of Food and Drugs and other
FDA Publishes Draft Guidance Concerning “Refusal of Inspection”
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- Section 807(b) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, added by section 306 of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) authorizes the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to
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IFSAC Publishes Paper on How to Categorize Foods Linked to Foodborne Disease Outbreaks
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- Created in 2011, the Interagency Food Safety Analytics Collaboration (IFSAC) is a partnership of three federal agencies—the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
FDA Takes New Approach to Produce Safety
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- FDA’s Produce Safety Rule, implemented under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), establishes science-based minimum standards for the safe growing, harvesting, packing, and holding of produce, meaning fruits and
FSMA For Cotton Ginners?
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- Are cotton farmers and ginners subject to FDA’s Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)? If you are a cotton ginner that is not a farm the answer is currently yes.
USDA Withdraws Biotech Regulation Proposal
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- As previously covered on this blog, on January 19, 2017, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)published a proposed rule to update
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