In This Week’s Edition: FDA Prior Notice Guidance Published FDA is announcing the availability of a final guidance entitled “Prior Notice of Imported Food Questions and Answers (Edition 4): Guidance for Industry.” The guidance document updates the current version of the guidance by including three additional questions. One question relates to any effect systems recognition or equivalency…
In This Week’s Edition: FSIS Egg Substitute Sampling This notice was issued to implement the FSIS Egg Products Inspection Regulations Final Rule. In that rule, FSIS stated it will assert jurisdiction of egg substitutes, freeze-dried, and agglomerated egg products on October 30, 2023. Once under FSIS jurisdiction, these products will be eligible for sampling to…
In This Week’s Edition: FSMA Preventive Controls Guidance FDA is announcing the availability of two additional draft chapters of a multichapter draft guidance for industry entitled “Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food.” The chapters relate to food allergens and acidified foods and are available here. FDA Releases FSMA Guidance on Sprout Production FDA is announcing the availability…
In This Week’s Edition: FDA to Hold Virtual Public Meeting and Listening Sessions on Strategies to Reduce Added Sugars Consumption in the United States FDA invites the public to register for the virtual public meeting and listening sessions on strategies to reduce added sugars consumption in the United States, which will be held on November 6-8, 2023.…
In This Week’s Edition: FDA Mexico Food Safety Cooperation FDA and its regulatory counterparts in Mexico reported continued progress in strengthening food safety at the third annual executive meeting of the Food Safety Partnership. The partnership includes the FDA, Mexico’s National Service of Agro-Alimentary Public Health Safety and Quality and the Federal Commission for the Protection from…
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…
In 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…
In 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…
In 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…
In 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…