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Food Industry Regulatory Update December 18, 2024

December 18, 2024

In This Week’s Edition: FDA Issues Letter on Lead in Cookware FDA issued a letter to retailers and distributors of cookware products to inform them that certain imported cookware products made from aluminum, brass, and aluminum alloys known as Hindalium/Hindolium or Indalium/Indolium, demonstrate the potential to leach lead into food and that this cookware should not be…

Food Industry Regulatory Update December 10, 2024

December 10, 2024

In This Week’s Edition: FDA Seeks Food Date Labeling Info FDA and USDA are announcing a joint Request for Information (RFI) about food date labeling, which includes the use of terms such as “Sell By,” “Use By” and “Best By”. The RFI seeks information on industry practices and preferences for date labeling, research results on consumer perceptions…

FDA FEI – What you need to know

November 8, 2024

What is an FDA FEI? An FDA FEI is a ten-digit number also known as an FDA Establishment Identifier. The number issued by FDA for purposes of tracking business locations subject to FDA regulations. FEI numbers are issued to food, drug, dietary supplement, medical device and biologics establishments, for example. How do I find my…

Food Industry Regulatory Update November 4, 2024

November 4, 2024

In This Week’s Edition: FDA Food Code Supplement FDA has published the Supplement to the 2022 Food Code. The Supplement updates the 2022 Food Code with recommendations made by regulatory officials, industry, academia, and consumers at the 2023 Biennial Meeting of the Conference for Food Protection.  The Food Code and its Supplement provide government and industry with practical,…

Food Industry Regulatory Update October 25, 2024

October 25, 2024

In This Week’s Edition: FDA AAFCO Enforcement Policy FDA is announcing the availability of a final guidance for industry #293 entitled “FDA Enforcement Policy for AAFCO-Defined Animal Feed Ingredients.” This communicates FDA’s enforcement policy regarding ingredients listed in chapter six of the 2024 AAFCO Official Publication after the Agency’s memorandum of understanding with AAFCO expired on October 1, 2024. FSIS Revises…

Food Industry Regulatory Update October 11, 2024

October 14, 2024

In This Week’s Edition: USDA Meat Retail Competition Report USDA has published an interim report that assesses competitive conditions in the meat retail industry. The report draws on over 1,600 comments received from the public in response to USDA requests for information, interviews with small, medium, and large meatpackers, distributors, retailers, academics, and farmer or advocacy organizations.…

Food Industry Regulatory Update October 4, 2024

October 7, 2024

In This Week’s Edition: FDA Streamlined Complaint Process FDA’s Human Foods Program (HFP) is announcing a new, streamlined approach for processing complaints, including whistleblower complaints, that will improve the Agency’s ability to detect and respond to problems related to FDA-regulated products and better protect public health. A complaint may be about an illness, injury, allergic reaction, or…

Food Industry Regulatory Update September 27, 2024

September 27, 2024

In This Week’s Edition: FSMA Agricultural Water; Produce Safety Rule FDA is announcing the availability of a guidance for industry entitled “Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption: What You Need to Know About the FDA Regulation: Small Entity Compliance Guide.” FDA is updating the small entity compliance guide to help…

Food Industry Regulatory Update September 20, 2024

September 20, 2024

In This Week’s Edition: Pasta Antidumping Duties The ITC has extended the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on certain pasta from Italy and Turkey on the basis that revocation of the duties would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the United States within a reasonably foreseeable…

Food Industry Regulatory Update September 13, 2024

September 13, 2024

In This Week’s Edition: FSIS Animal Raising Labeling Claims FSIS is announcing the availability of an updated version of its guideline on documentation needed to support animal-raising or environment-related claims on meat or poultry product labeling. Official establishments submit this documentation to the Agency when they apply for approval of labels with animal-raising or environment-related claims. The…