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U.S. Government Files Amicus Brief in Prop 12 Case

Posted on June 23, 2022
  • As previously reported,  on March 28, 2022, the U.S. Supreme court granted a Writ of Certiorari petition submitted by the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) and the American Farm

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FDA Publishes Guidance on Oversight of Food Covered by SRAs

Posted on June 22, 2022
  • On June 21, the FDA published a final guidance for FDA staff entitled “FDA Oversight of Food Covered by Systems Recognition Agreements” (SRAs). The guidance covers FDA’s regulatory

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FDA Responds to Severe Weather Incidents

Posted on June 16, 2022
  • On June, 6 2022, FDA released an online resource page for human and animal food producers who may be affected by flooding and severe weather incidents.  It identifies federal and

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Senate Bill to Revise and Reassess GRAS Program

Posted on June 1, 2022
  • On May 27, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), alongside Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass)., introduced the Ensuring Safe and Toxic-Free Foods Act, which is described as “comprehensive

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FDA Finalizes Guidance on Reducing Microbial Hazards in Seed for Sprouting

Posted on May 16, 2022
  •  As covered on this blog, FDA announced a draft guidance on June 25, 2019 for the seed sprouting industry that provides recommended steps to prevent adulteration for firms involved

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Baby Food Lawsuit Dismissed as “Simply Speculative”

Posted on April 27, 2022
  • On April 25, a New Jersey federal judge dismissed a putative class action lawsuit against baby food producer Sprout Foods, Inc. finding that the alleged harm was “simply speculative” (subscription

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Congress Voices Concern Over FDA’s Food Safety Actions

Posted on April 13, 2022
  • On April 11, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), who leads the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, sent a letter to FDA Commissioner Robert Califf about her concerns over

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FDA Completes Review of GE Canola Seeds After Response to Last Year’s Inadvertent Release

Posted on April 11, 2022
  •  Plants produced through genetic engineering (GE) are subject to the same FDA safety standards as other plants.  Given the possibility for food from some GE plants to have new allergens,

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FDA Requests $8.4 Billion to Further Public Health Efforts

Posted on March 30, 2022
  • On March 28, the FDA announced that it requested a total budget of $8.4 billion as part of the President’s fiscal year (FY) 2023 budget. The request is nearly a

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FDA Publishes List of Priority Guidance Documents

Posted on February 2, 2022
  • On January 31, the FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) and Office of Food Policy and Response (OFPR) released a list of draft and final guidance topics

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