- On January 6, 2025, FDA finalized its Guidance For Industry #294: Animal Food Ingredient Consultation (AFIC). The guidance describes FDA’s AFIC process, which is one way FDA intends to
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FDA Issues Two Final Guidance Documents on Allergens
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- On January 6, 2025, FDA released two final guidance documents concerning food allergens. The guidance documents represent the Agency’s current thinking related to producing and labeling food products with both
FDA Updates Guidance for Voluntary Qualified Importer Program
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- Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released guidance with revisions to the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Voluntary Qualified Importer Program (VQIP). VQIP offers expedited review and
FDA’s Voluntary Sodium Reduction Goals: Key Takeaways from Recent Webinar
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- On October 10, 2024, FDA hosted a public webinar to discuss the Voluntary Sodium Reduction Goals (Edition 2) and review progress. Key FDA speakers provided updates on the latest sodium
FDA Issues Second Edition of Voluntary Sodium Reduction Goals
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- On August 16, 2024, FDA issued Edition 2 of the Draft Guidance for Industry: Voluntary Sodium Reduction Goals covering target mean and upper bound concentrations for sodium in commercially processed,
FDA Releases Update of Priority Guidance Topics for Foods Program
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- Earlier this year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released the draft and final guidance topics that are a priority for the agency’s Foods Program to complete during 2024.
FDA Issues Guidance on Voluntary Premarket Engagement for Foods Derived from Plants Produced Using Genome Editing
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- On February 22, 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a guidance for industry that addresses how firms should voluntarily engage with the Agency before marketing food produced
FDA Lists Regulations Under Development and Updates Priority Guidance Topics for Foods Program
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• The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Foods Program has posted a new website listing regulations it plans to publish by October 2024 and long-term regulations it is prioritizing…
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FDA Publishes Updated Prior Notice of Imported Food Guidance Document
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- On October 13, FDA published the latest iteration of its “Guidance for Industry: Prior Notice of Imported Food Questions and Answers (Edition 4).” This is the finalized version
FDA Updates Seafood List Guidance
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- Last week FDA published an updated version of The Seafood List: FDA Guide to Determine Acceptable Seafood Names: Guidance for Industry, which is intended to be used in conjunction