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Food and Color Additives - Is the Patchwork Here?

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State legislatures are actively pursuing bans on food and color additives.  California’s landmark Food Safety Act (Act), effective January 2027, bans the manufacture and sale of products containing brominated vegetable oil...more

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The FDA's New Pre-Harvest Agricultural Water Rule: Impacts on PFAS-Contaminated Groundwater?

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration – acting under its Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), as amended, 21 U.S.C. § 2201 et seq., to address the safety of all FMSA-covered produce other than sprouts (Covered Produce) – on...more

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FDA Revokes Uses of Partially Hydrogenated Oils in Food

On August 9, 2023, the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) announced a direct final rule revoking certain uses of partially hydrogenated oils (“PHOs”) in food. The rule will go into effect on December 22, 2023. Any comments...more

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FDA Publishes Final Rule Requiring Additional Traceability Records for Certain Foods

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a final rule creating additional recordkeeping requirements for foods listed on the Food Traceability List. The final rule was published in the Federal Register on...more

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FDA Final Food Traceability Rule: Overview And Key Takeaways From FDA’s Food Safety Modernization Act Webinar

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On November 21, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officially published its Final Rule: Requirements for Additional Traceability Records for Certain Foods (“Final Rule”) in the Federal Register. The Final Rule...more

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FDA Releases Traceability Final Rule

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released its final rule on the traceability of high-risk foods on 21 November 2022. The regulations, to be codified at 21 C.F.R. part 1, subpart S (titled “Additional Traceability...more

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FDA Submits Final Food Traceability Rule in Effort to Mitigate Foodborne Illness Outbreaks

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On November 7, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") sent the Food Safety Modernization Act ("FSMA") Final Rule on Requirements for Additional Traceability Records for Certain Foods to the Office of the Federal...more

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FDA Issues Final Rule for Lab Accreditation for Food Testing

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On December 1, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) issued a final rule establishing the Laboratory Accreditation for Analyses of Food (“LAAF”) program. FDA will utilize the LAAF program to recognize...more

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FDA issues Laboratory Accreditation final rule required under FSMA

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued a final rule regarding Laboratory Accreditation for Analyses of Foods (LAAF). This memorandum summarizes the regulation. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration...more

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The Next Big Things: Insights for 2020

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Autonomous cars, sports betting, and CBD products have burst onto the scene, setting the stage for major developments in how companies do business and how regulators monitor new innovations....more

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First FSVP Warning Letter Issued by the FDA

In a signal to industry that the period for education and enforcement discretion related to the Foreign Supplier Verification Programs (FSVP) may be concluding, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued its first...more

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Industry Insights: FDA Sends First Warning Letter Under Recent Rule Regarding Imported Food

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The Food Safety Modernization Act (“FSMA”) ushered in a sea change in the government’s regulation of food safety. Pursuant to FSMA, the FDA has promulgated a series of rules, including a 2015 rule related to the Foreign...more

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Food, Dietary Supplement & Cosmetics Update | Vol. V, Issue 1

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Top News - FDA Announces Intention to Not Enforce Certain FSMA Final Rules Provisions - On January 4, 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") issued a guidance announcing that it does not intend to enforce...more

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FDA Creates Uncertainty by Delaying Nutrition Facts Label Compliance

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On June 13, the Food and Drug Administration announced it would indefinitely extend the compliance deadline for the Nutrition Facts Label final rules, creating uncertainty for food and beverage manufacturers....more

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A Roundup of Some of the Latest FDA News . . . . From DUNS Numbers to Cosmetics

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It is no secret that since the Trump Administration took over in late January, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA or agency) has been quieter than usual with regard to guidance documents and Federal Register Notices most...more

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Setting The Table - October 2016: The Buck Starts Here - What Shippers and Brokers Must Do to Comply with FSMA’s Sanitary...

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In Spring 2016, the FDA released its long-awaited Final Rule on Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Food (the “Rule”). The regulation, which constitutes one of seven final rules implementing the Food Safety and...more

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FDA Issues Final Rule on Food Ingredients that May Be Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS)

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued this final rule detailing the criteria for concluding that the use of a substance in human or animal food is “generally recognized as safe” (GRAS). By way of background,...more

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New Industry Resources for FDA’s New Nutrition Facts Regulations

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a Nutrition Facts label “Industry Resources” web page to help businesses comply with the requirements of the final rules, which became effective on July 26, 2016....more

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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

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InterConnect - Summer 2016

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On April 6, 2016, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published its Final Rule on the Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Food (the Final Rule). These long-awaited regulations were mandated by the Food Safety...more

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FSMA Food Defense Rule Requires Firms to Address Risk of Terrorism

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In an effort to prevent wide-scale public harm through the nation’s food supply from acts of terrorism, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published its final rule regarding Mitigation Strategies to Protect Food...more

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FDA Issues Final Rules That Change Nutrition Facts Labels

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No more sugar coating—the Rules impose new label requirements, and manufacturers will incur additional costs. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) has announced the issuance of two new final rules: one...more

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FDA Publishes Final Rule for Protection Against Intentional Adulteration as Part of Food Safety Modernization Act

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FDA has published as part of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) a final rule concerning mitigation strategies to protect food against intentional adulteration. The rule will require domestic and foreign food facilities...more

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FDA Issues Final Rule on Sanitary Transportation of Food

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The Rule is broad in scope and reaches nearly every party involved in the shipment of food through the United States. On April 6, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published its final rule governing the sanitary...more

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Final FSMA Sanitary Transport Rule Published by FDA with Significant Changes

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published its final rule regarding the Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Food (“Sanitary Transport Rule”). Applicable to shippers, loaders, receivers, and carriers of...more

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