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GM Labeling Rule Update – USDA Extends Deadline for Stakeholder Input

Posted on July 31, 2017

As previously reported on this blog, legislation requiring labeling of genetically modified (GM) foods and food ingredients was signed into law on July 29, 2016. This law directs the

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USDA Nutrition Facts Rule Placed on “Inactive” List

Posted on July 28, 2017

On January 19, 2017, USDA’s Food Safety & Inspection Service (FSIS) released a proposed rule to revise its nutrition labeling requirements for meat and poultry products to reflect current scientific

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GE Salmon Labeling Mandate Included in Senate Appropriations Bill

Posted on July 26, 2017

As previously reported on this blog, Senate Bill 764, which requires the labeling of genetically modified (GM) foods and food ingredients, was signed into law on July 29,

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BSE Case in AL Prompts S. Korea to Boost Quarantine Checks of U.S. Beef

Posted on July 20, 2017

Earlier this week, USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced an atypical case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), a neurologic disease of cattle, in an eleven-year old cow

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USDA Broadens Netherlands’ Access to U.S. Market for Raw Veal

Posted on July 14, 2017

Meat, poultry, and egg products imported to the United States fall under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety & Inspection Service (FSIS). FSIS administers requirements that

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USDA Advances Interim Final Rule to Ease Nutrition Requirements for School Meals

Posted on July 12, 2017

Enacted in 2010, the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act (HHFKA) set rigid nutrition standards for schools and paved the way for the subsequent implementation of school meal rules that many in

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CFIA Launches New Online Consultation to Streamline Regs Between Canada and U.S.

Posted on July 10, 2017

The Canada-United States Regulatory Cooperation Council (RCC) is a joint initiative between Canada and the United States that facilitates regulatory cooperation between the two countries and aims to enhance economic

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Update: Industry Urges USDA to Start Over on Proposed Rule to Revamp APHIS Biotech Regs

Posted on July 7, 2017

For decades, the U.S. government has regulated genetically modified organisms (GMOs) under a regulatory framework called the “Coordinated Framework for the Regulation of Biotechnology” (Coordinated Framework). The Coordinated

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FSIS to Begin Inspection of Catfish Despite Controversy

Posted on July 6, 2017

The U.S. Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced in the July 3, 2017 Federal Register that, starting August 2, 2017, all shipments of imported Siluriformes fish and fish products

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ABC News and BPI Reach Settlement in Lean Finely Textured Beef Litigation

Posted on July 3, 2017

As previously covered on this blog, in the Spring of 2012, ABC News aired a series of reports on “Lean Finely Textured Beef” (LFTB), referring to the product as

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