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Food Industry Regulatory Update 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
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
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
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
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
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
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…
Food Industry Regulatory Update September 6, 2024
In This Week’s Edition: FDA Update on Enhancing Traceability The Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods, Jim Jones, provided an update on the status of the implementation of the FSMA Section 204 Traceability Rule. Deputy Commissioner Jones emphasized the agency continues to release resources that can be used by industry to support implementation. Note that there is a…
Food Industry Regulatory Update August 30, 2024
In This Week’s Edition: FSIS Responds to Petitions FSIS responded to the petitition submitted by Environmental Working Group. In response to the petition submitted by Perdue Farms, LLC FSIS updated its guidance on “pasture-raised” claims. On August 28, 2024, FSIS posted a notice announcing the availability of an updated version of its guideline. The updated guideline strongly…
Food Industry Regulatory Update August 23, 2024
In This Week’s Edition: Food Chemical Post Market Assessment FDA has posted materials for the public meeting on the Development of an Enhanced Systematic Process for FDA’s Post-Market Assessment of Chemicals in Food. The materials include the meeting agenda, information on how to submit comments, and the discussion paper on the development of an enhanced systematic process…