- On May 28, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a “no questions” letter to Wildtype, Inc. in response to the California-based company’s pre-market evaluation filings for their
FDA Issues Final Guidance on Reconditioning Fish
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- In September 2019, we reported that FDA had issued a draft guidance for industry titled “Reconditioning of Fish and Fishery Products by Segregation.” On April 13, 2022, FDA issued its
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FDA Proposes Stricter Limits on Histamine in Fish
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- Histamine and other spoilage compounds can form when certain fish species, such as tuna and mahi-mahi, are not chilled promptly after death and maintained in a chilled state, or otherwise
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FDA Updates Fish Consumption Advice
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FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Reconditioning Fish
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- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued draft guidance for industry, titled, “Reconditioning of Fish and Fishery Products by Segregation.” This draft guidance explains two potential
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Updated FDA Advice on Fish Consumption for Women Who Are or Might Become Pregnant, Breastfeeding Mothers, and Young Children
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- 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
FDA Removes Import Alert for GE Salmon
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- 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
Enforcement Activity by the USDA Food Safety Inspection Service Against Imported Siluriformes (Catfish) for “Failure to Present” Violations
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- As reported here, the domestic and import inspection program for Siluriformes fish and fish products (including catfish) was transferred from FDA to USDA in response to a congressional
Aquaculture Company’s Woes in Washington State Continue
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- The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) recently rejected Cooke Aquaculture’s request to move 800,000 Atlantic salmon into Puget Sound net pens. WDFW cited two reasons for denying the
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Shrimp and Abalone to be Included in SIMP
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- As previously reported on this blog, the National Marine Fisheries Service’s (NMFS) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce Department, issued a final rule on December 9, 2016 (
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