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FDA to Hold Public Hearing on Partnerships to Enhance the Safety of Imported Foods

Posted on January 18, 2017

As our readership is well aware, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) has provided the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) with new authorities to help ensure that imported

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Supplement Spotlight: FDA Revised NDI Draft Guidance Does Not Alleviate Industry’s Concerns

Posted on January 17, 2017

As previously reported on this blog, FDA issued a revised Draft Guidance titled, “Dietary Supplements: New Dietary Ingredient [NDI] Notifications and Related Issues,” in August 2016. The Agency received…
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FDA Issues Revised Draft Guidance for Control of Listeria monocytogenes in Ready-To-Eat Foods

Posted on January 13, 2017

As our readership is well aware, Listeria monocytogenesis is a pathogen that causes the infection listeriosis and is the source of numerous food recalls. See examples of recent recalls caused

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Campbell Soup and Others Support Petition to Allow the Term ‘Potassium Salt’ on Ingredient Labels

Posted on January 12, 2017

As reported on this blog previously, comments on a citizen petition from NuTek Food Science, LLC requesting that FDA recognize “potassium salt” as an alternate name for potassium chloride were

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FDA Reports Uptick in Antibiotic Use in Food Animals

Posted on January 11, 2017

As previously covered on this blog here and here, for years, FDA, USDA, and various industry stakeholders have sought to tackle public health concerns associated with the use of

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FDA Extends Comment Period for Information and Draft Guidance on Fiber on the Nutrition Facts Label

Posted on January 9, 2017

As previously covered on this blog, on November 22, 2016, FDA issued a request for scientific data, information and comments to help it determine whether certain fibers should be

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FDA Issues Two Guidance Documents on the Nutrition Facts Label and the Serving Size Final Rules

Posted on January 5, 2017

As our readers are well aware, in May 2016, FDA issued final rules to implement changes to the nutrition and dietary supplement labeling and serving size regulations. Detailed summaries of

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Labeling Plant-Based Products as “Milk” Violates Standard of Identity, Members of Congress tell FDA

Posted on December 20, 2016

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 Interim Final Rule Amending Health Claim Requirements

Posted on December 19, 2016

FDA has issued an interim final rule to allow more raw fruits and vegetables to bear health claims concerning the relationship between dietary saturated fat and cholesterol and the risk

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FDA Finalizes FSMA Third-Party Certification User Fee Program

Posted on December 15, 2016

As previously covered on this blog, in November 2015, the FDA announced a final rule regarding the “Accreditation of Third-Party Certification Bodies to Conduct Food Safety Audits and

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