In This Week’s Edition: FDA Acceptable Seafood Names Guidance The updated guidance provides information on the acceptable market name, common name, scientific name, and vernacular name of seafood species sold in the United States. FDA and Stop Foodborne Illness to Co-Host Webinar on Facing Food Safety Challenges FDA announced the eighth in the ongoing series of webinars exploring food…
DetailsIn This Week’s Edition: FDA Third Party Liability FDA has issued another round of warning letters to Amazon and Walmart over sales made by third-party sellers on their marketplaces. The warning letters relate to the sale of illegal supplements. Walmart, Inc Amazon.com, Inc USDA, USTR Name New Agricultural Trade Advisors U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Thomas…
DetailsIn This Week’s Edition: Virtual Public Meeting and Listening Sessions on Strategies on Reducing Added Sugar Consumption in the United States The White House Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health notes that the intake of added sugars for most Americans is higher than what is recommended by the Dietary Guidelines for Americans and calls for…
DetailsIn This Week’s Edition: FDA Completes Final Administrative Actions to Prohibit Partially Hydrogenated Oils in Foods FDA is issuing a direct final rule to complete administrative actions that reflect the agency’s June 2015 final determination that the use of partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs) in foods is no longer Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS). In the 2015 final…
DetailsIn This Week’s Edition: Public Meeting: Modernizing Recalls of FDA-Regulated Commodities On September 29, 2023, FDA is hosting a hybrid public meeting entitled “Modernizing Food and Drug Administration Recalls Listening Session.” This listening session provides an opportunity for stakeholders to share information and feedback about topics related to recall modernization for FDA-regulated products. Participants are encouraged to…
DetailsIn This Week’s Edition: FDA: An Update on Sesame Allergen Labeling on Food Packages Earlier this year sesame was added as the ninth major food allergen when the Food Allergy Safety, Treatment, Education, and Research Act became effective on Jan. 1, 2023. This means that sesame is now required to be listed on food labels…
DetailsIn This Week’s Edition: FDA Guidance Priorities CFSAN and OFPR released an updated list of draft and final guidance topics that are a priority for the FDA Foods Program to complete during 2023. The list updates the guidance agenda released in February 2023 and focuses on foods for infants and children including action levels on heavy metals.…
DetailsIn This Week’s Edition: FDA Provides Update on Proposal for Unified Human Foods Program FDA is providing an update on its proposal to create a unified Human Foods Program, which includes a new model for the Office of Regulatory Affairs. These additions to the FDA Commissioner’s proposal announced earlier this year will further enhance coordination,…
DetailsIn This Week’s Edition: FSIS Best Practices for Controlling Retail Deli Listeria The FSIS guideline provides information on steps that retailers can take to prevent certain ready-to-eat foods that are prepared or sliced in retail delicatessens (delis) and consumed in the home, such as deli meats and deli salads, from becoming contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. This guideline…
DetailsIn This Week’s Edition: FDA on Apple Juice Arsenic; Guidance Availability FDA announced the availability of a final guidance for industry entitled “Action Level for Inorganic Arsenic in Apple Juice.” The final guidance identifies for industry the action level of 10 parts per billion for inorganic arsenic in apple juice, issued in draft by the agency in…
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