Food safety regulations among those targeted for removal

List includes food labeling, FSMA compliance and serving size guidance

A proposed list of federal regulations to be eliminated includes several food safety and information guidelines.

The list, proposed by Rep. Mark Matthews (R-N.C.), includes almost 300 rules, regulations and executive orders. Several of them deal with food safety and labeling information.

Among the items proposed for removal are:

9 CFR Parts 300, 530-534, 552, 555, 557, 559-561, Rule Establishing the Mandatory Inspection of Catfish and Catfish Products

21 CFR 101.9 and 101.36, Food Labeling: Revision of the Nutrition and Supplement Facts Labels

81 FR 33742, Food Labeling: Revision of the Nutrition and Supplement Facts Labels

81 FR 34166, Mitigation Strategies to Protect Food Against Intentional Adulteration

21 CFR Part 101, 81 FR 34000, Food Labeling: Serving Sizes of Foods That Can Reasonably Be Consumed At One Eating Occasion; Dual-Column Labeling; Updating, Modifying, and Establishing Certain Reference Amounts Customarily Consumed; Serving Size for Breath Mints; and Technical Amendments

81 FR 57784, The Food and Drug Administration Food Safety Modernization Act; Extension and Clarification of Compliance Dates for Certain Provisions of Four Implementing Rules

Meadows’ office did not respond to multiple requests for comment. The full report can be viewed at https://meadows.house.gov/first-100-days.

KEYWORDS: regulations

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Casey Laughman is the former Editor in Chief of Food Engineering magazine. He has almost two decades’ experience as a writer and editor for mainstream and trade publications. He spent several years as a writer and editor for two news services before becoming the editor of a legal publication and managing editor of a trade magazine that covered the commercial facilities market.