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FDA Issues Warning Letter Related to Allergen Labeling Practices

Posted on June 26, 2024
  • Yesterday FDA announced that it had issued a warning letter to Bimbo Bakeries USA, Inc. for, among other things, including allergen labeling elements in certain product labels (e.g. “contains sesame”),
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FDA’s Updated HARPC Draft Guidance Addresses Concerns Regarding Industry Approach to Sesame

Posted on September 29, 2023
  • As we reported previously, on September 26, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced an updated draft guidance designed to assist food facilities with the requirements for
… Continue Reading FDA’s Updated HARPC Draft Guidance Addresses Concerns Regarding Industry Approach to Sesame

FDA Responds to CSPI’s Sesame Allergen Labeling Petition

Posted on August 18, 2023
  • On July 26, the FDA responded to a January 30, 2023 citizen petition filed by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) regarding sesame allergen labeling by denying
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Implementation of FASTER Act Poses Challenge for Industry

Posted on May 23, 2023
  • The FASTER Act, which went into effect on January 1st of this year, made sesame the 9th major food allergen, thereby triggering allergen labeling obligations for foods containing
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Sesame Listed as Major Food Allergen

Posted on January 5, 2023
  • Effective January 1, 2023, sesame joined the list of major food allergens.  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) now requires that foods containing sesame are subject to
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FDA Provides Video Overview of FASTER Act

Posted on February 1, 2022
  • Yesterday FDA released a video presentation summarizing the Food Allergy Safety, Treatment, Education, and Research (FASTER) Act which adds sesame as the 9th “major food allergen.”
  • Specifically, the presentation

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Allergists Urge Prompt Sesame Allergen Labeling

Posted on January 7, 2022
  • In a recent article published by the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI), the authors argued that foods containing sesame should be clearly labeled as containing the potential

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Sesame Allergen Labeling Becomes Law

Posted on April 26, 2021
  •  Since the enactment of the Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act of 2004 (FALCPA), the label of a food that contains an ingredient that is or contains protein from

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Congress Makes Sesame Ninth Major Food Allergen

Posted on April 15, 2021
  • On April 14, 2021, the House of Representatives passed H.R.1202 or the “Food Allergy Safety,  Treatment, Education, and Research Act of 2021” (FASTER Act), which expands the definition of major

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Senate Passes Sesame Allergen Labeling Bill

Posted on March 10, 2021
  • On March 3, the US Senate passed S.578, the Food Allergy Safety, Treatment, Education, and Research (FASTER) Act of 2021, which would add sesame to the list of 8

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