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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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FDA Releases Report on 2021 Leafy Greens Outbreak

Posted on January 20, 2022

On January 14, 2022, FDA released a report on the investigation into the Summer 2021 outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium associated with the consumption of packaged leafy greens. The investigation found

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FDA Updates Procedures for Retail Food Safety Personnel

Posted on January 12, 2022

On January 11, the FDA released an updated version of the “Procedures for Standardization of Retail Food Safety Inspection Officers,” which is one of the Agency’s means to

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FDA Publishes Reportable Food Registry Database

Posted on January 6, 2022

On January 5, 2022, FDA published an interactive public data dashboard that will allow anyone to view historical data from the Reportable Food Registry (RFR). The RFR is a tool

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FDA Takeaways on E-Commerce and Food Safety Summit

Posted on November 18, 2021

As previously reported, on October 19-21, 2021 FDA hosted a three-day virtual summit to discuss the safety of foods sold online and delivered directly to consumers. A recording of

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Right to Food: Maine’s New Constitutional Amendment

Posted on November 5, 2021

Earlier this week Maine voters approved an amendment to the state’s constitution. ‘Right to Food’ is a statewide measure that was placed on the ballot by the Maine Legislature and

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