In This Week’s Edition: Agricultural Water Produce Safety FDA published a final rule on agricultural water under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) produce safety regulations. The rule establishes requirements for systems-based pre-harvest agricultural water assessments that covered farms use for hazard identification and risk management decision-making purposes. FSIS Determines Salmonella Is an Adulterant in Not Ready-To-Eat…
In This Week’s Edition: EPA PFAS Limits in Drinking Water In March 2023, the EPA proposed and requested comment on the National Primary Drinking Water Regulation (NPDWR) and health-based Maximum Contaminant Level Goals (MCLGs) for six per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS), perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA), hexafluoropropylene oxide…
In This Week’s Edition: FDA Update on PFAS FDA is sharing updates on their activities to better understand Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in the general food supply, including recent testing results, continuing efforts to supplement our PFAS data and monitoring activities, and an updated analytical method to measure PFAS. Read the full update here. FNS…
In This Week’s Edition: Honey Food Fraud; FDA Finds 10% of Imported Honey Affected by Food Fraud FDA is releasing data from a sampling assignment carried out in 2022 and 2023 to test imported honey for economically motivated adulteration (EMA). EMA occurs, for example, when a valuable ingredient or part of a food is intentionally left out,…
In This Week’s Edition: Bioengineered Food List USDA’s AMS is soliciting information about potential additions to or subtractions from the List of Bioengineered Foods as it pertains to the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard. Comments must be received by April 29, 2024 to be assured of consideration. Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee: Notice of Intent To Renew Charter…
In This Week’s Edition: PFAs Import Alert FDA issued a new import alert for human food products with detectable levels of chemical contaminants that may present a safety concern to human health. The Import Alert 99-48, Detention without Physical Examination of Foods Due to Chemical Contamination, gives the FDA the ability to help prevent entry of human…
In This Week’s Edition: New Dietary Ingredient Guidance FDA is announcing the availability of a final guidance for industry entitled “Dietary Supplements: New Dietary Ingredient Notification Procedures and Timeframes: Guidance for Industry.” The guidance focuses on frequently asked questions about the new dietary ingredient notification submission and review process. The guidance is intended to help manufacturers and…
In This Week’s Edition: FDA PFAS to Phase Out in Food Packaging FDA has announced that grease-proofing substances containing Per and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) are no longer being sold by manufacturers for food contact use in the U.S. market. The completion of the voluntary market phase-out of these substances used on food packaging paper and paperboard, eliminates the primary…
In This Week’s Edition: Serious Deficiency Process, FNS Publishes Proposed Rule The serious deficiency process provides a systematic way for State agencies and sponsoring organizations to correct serious management problems, and when that effort fails, protect Child Nutrition Program integrity through due process. Details here. AMS Suspends California Dried Prune Marketing Order Details here. APHIS Proposes Allow…
In This Week’s Edition: E. Coli Testing Directive The directive provides instructions to inspection program personnel for collecting and submitting samples of raw beef products under FSIS’ routine and follow-up sampling programs for Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and for updating the Public Health Information System profile information related to sampling. FSIS tests all raw beef samples…