On Friday, 16 April 2021, California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), the lead agency that implements California’s Proposition 65, proposed modified language for its new regulation on the warning...more
4/21/2021
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Food Manufacturers ,
OEHHA ,
Proposition 65 ,
Public Comment ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Supply Chain ,
Toxic Chemicals ,
Toxic Exposure ,
Warning Labels
Last week, members of both chambers of Congress announced the introduction of new legislation – the Baby Food Safety Act of 2021 – that would establish limitations on the levels of certain heavy metals in infant and toddler...more
Our team wanted to highlight a proposed rule issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on 4 November 2020 - with only a 30-day comment period - that would establish sunset (expiration) dates for...more
While the hemp industry eagerly awaits FDA’s Cannabidiol (CBD) Enforcement Policy draft guidance, both the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) have active comment periods ongoing...more
9/25/2020
/ Agribusiness ,
Cannabidiol (CBD) oil ,
Cannabis Products ,
DEA ,
Decriminalization of Marijuana ,
Dietary Supplements ,
Farm Bill ,
Hemp ,
Hemp Cultivation ,
Hemp Related Businesses ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
Medical Foods ,
Plant Based Products ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Retail Market ,
Rulemaking Process ,
USDA
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service’s (AMS) National Organic Program (NOP) issued a proposed rule in early August that would amend the organic regulations to strengthen oversight...more
9/18/2020
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Certification Requirements ,
Enforcement Guidance ,
Food Labeling ,
Food Supply ,
Manufacturers ,
Organic ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Retail Market ,
USDA
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updated its “Industry Resources on the Changes to the Nutrition Facts Label” webpage questions and answers, stating that the agency does not intend to take enforcement...more
Last week the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued draft guidance announcing that the agency intends to exercise enforcement discretion to allow the use of “potassium chloride salt” as an alternative common or usual name...more
5/20/2019
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Draft Guidance ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Food Labeling ,
Food Manufacturers ,
Food Safety ,
Food Supply ,
Nutrition Facts Labels ,
Public Health ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Rulemaking Process
Last week, the FDA released a draft guidance regarding the low calorie sweetener, allulose, and stated the agency will not treat this ingredient as contributing to total or added sugars content in the nutrition information....more
As a part of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) initiative to modernize and reform dietary supplement oversight, FDA announced it will hold a public meeting on responsible innovation in dietary supplement...more
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced a plan for “policy advancements with the goal of implementing one of the most significant modernizations of dietary supplement regulation and oversight in more than 25...more