- FDA has premarket review authority over food additives; however, substances that are generally recognized as safe (GRAS) are not legally considered “food additives” as that term is defined under the
State Regulators Chime in on Plant-based Milk Labeling Debate
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- Under a standard of identity “milk” is defined as “the lacteal secretion, practically free from colostrum, obtained by the complete milking of one or more health cows” (21 C.F.R. Section
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FDA Issues New Guidance on FSMA’s FSVP Rule
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- As previously covered on this blog, the general compliance date for the foreign supplier verification program (FSVP), under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), is May 30, 2017. The
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FDA Withdraws Draft Guidance on the Use of Certain Fruit Juice and Vegetable Juice as Color Additives
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FDA Increasingly Using Whole Genome Sequencing to Achieve Food Safety Goals
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- As background, whole genome sequencing (WGS) essentially provides insight into the genetic fingerprint of a pathogen by sequencing the chemical building blocks that make up its DNA. Since 2012, FDA
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“Healthy” Update: Industry, Others Weigh In on ‘Healthy’ Claims
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- As previously reported on this blog, FDA received a Citizen Petition from KIND in December 2015 requesting that the Agency revisit the definition of “healthy” — which has not
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FDA Formally Extends Menu Labeling Compliance Date to 2018
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- As covered on this blog last week, on April 26, 2017, the FDA submitted an interim final rule (IFR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) seeking an
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FDA Delays Menu Labeling Rule
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- As previously covered on this blog, over the past few years, FDA has been in the process of implementing menu labeling provisions added to the Federal Food, Drug, and
Campylobacter and Salmonella Top CDC’s 2016 List of Causes of Foodborne Illnesses
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- The Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet) has been tracking trends for infections transmitted commonly through food since 1996, collecting data on approximately 15 percent of the U.S. population. FoodNet
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U.S. FDA Recognizes Australia as Having a Comparable Food Safety System
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- Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that the Agency has signed an arrangement with the Australian Department of Agriculture and Water Resources recognizing each other’s food safety
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