Joanne Hawana on Food Safety

Those Aren’t Doritos: FTC and FDA Send Warning Letters to Companies Marketing Delta-8 Infused Munchies

The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) recent press release marks a continuation in government action against manufacturers of products infused with delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol (delta-8). In May 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug...more

7/19/2023 / Cannabidiol (CBD) oil , Cannabis Products , Farm Bill , Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) , Federal Trade Commission (FTC) , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Food Manufacturers , Food Safety , Marketing , Warning Letters

FDA Releases Ambitious Action Plan for Further Reducing Children’s Exposure to Toxic Elements from Foods

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), industry, policymakers, and consumers share a common goal of ensuring that the foods and beverages Americans eat and drink are safe, and the law has long prohibited the...more

4/29/2021 / Baby Products , Children's Products , Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Food Manufacturers , Food Safety , Food Supply , OMB , Toxic Chemicals

Not So Sweet: Failure to Timely Recall Contaminated Ice Cream Results in Major Consequences for Texas Manufacturer

On May 1, 2020, Blue Bell Creameries L.P. (Blue Bell) agreed to plead guilty to charges that it distributed contaminated ice cream products that were linked to a 2015 listeriosis outbreak. The Blue Bell outbreak made...more

5/12/2020 / Blue Bell Creameries , Corporate Counsel , Criminal Prosecution , Department of Justice (DOJ) , False Claims Act (FCA) , Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) , Food Contamination , Food Manufacturers , Food Safety , Listeria , Settlement Agreements

The Last Set of Major FSMA Regulations Are Done!

The last of FDA’s seven “foundational” rules mandated under the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2011 (FSMA) was published at the end of last month, just a few days before the May 31, 2016 deadline agreed to by the Agency...more

6/17/2016 / Final Rules , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Food Contamination , Food Manufacturers , Food Safety , FSMA , Public Safety , Risk Mitigation

A Decade Later, Rules for the Sanitary Transportation of Food Finally Finalized by FDA

Last week, FDA finalized new food safety regulations seeking to ensure the sanitary transport of human and animal food, as required under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The final Sanitary Transportation of Human...more

4/14/2016 / Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Food Contamination , Food Manufacturers , Food Safety , Sanitary Food Transportation Act (SFTA)

FDA Releases Two Final Food Safety Rules: What You Need to Know

Progress on Final Rules implementing the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) took a significant step forward last week when FDA released its first two, comprising the final rules on Current Good Manufacturing Practice and...more

9/18/2015 / Animal Food , CGMP , Farms , Federal Register , Final Rules , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Food Manufacturers , Food Safety , FSMA , Public Meetings , Recordkeeping Requirements , Risk Assessment , Risk-Based Approaches

FDA Determines Artificial Trans Fat Are No Longer “Generally Recognized as Safe”; Must Be Removed From Human Food By June 2018

Acting to finalize a tentative decision from 2013, FDA announced on June 15, 2015 that it was issuing a declaratory order that will require manufacturers to remove partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs) from processed foods over...more

6/22/2015 / Food & Drug Regulations , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Food Manufacturers , Food Safety , Manufacturers , Trans Fat

FDA Finally Releases Initial Framework for Food Importation “VQIP”

As many readers of this blog know, the start of 2011 saw the enactment of a massive bill aimed at overhauling the nation’s food safety system to become more preventive instead of reactive to safety problems and illness...more

6/10/2015 / Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) , Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Food Safety , FSMA , Imports

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