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Food Safety

How Preventive Controls Affect FDA Inspections

Understanding preventive controls is critical to FSMA compliance

November 21, 2018

The enactment of the Preventive Controls for Human Food regulation has profoundly affected the food processing industry in the United States and throughout the world.

Regulatory Watch

APHIS corrects economic analysis of final rule for fruits and vegetables

Casey Laughman

November 21, 2018

The USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has announced a correction to the economic analysis presented in the final rule amending regulations governing the importation and interstate movement of fruits and vegetables.

Regulatory Watch

FDA amends additive regulations to eliminate styrene

Casey Laughman

November 21, 2018

The FDA is eliminating the use of styrene as a flavoring substance and adjuvant for use in food.

Food Safety

FSMA: From Education to Enforcement

Your FSMA safety plan is written. Now learn about common implementation difficulties, just as the FDA begins to ask for compliance proof

Rose Shilling

November 19, 2018

New challenges are coming into focus as food companies move from writing their FSMA safety plans to using them day-to-day to monitor for hazards.

Regulatory Watch

Agricultural Marketing Services proposes decrease in Texas citrus assessment rate

Casey Laughman

October 12, 2018

The USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Services (AMS) has proposed a decrease in the assessment rate for oranges and grapefruit grown in the Lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas.

Regulatory Watch

FDA announces draft guidance on food facility registration

Casey Laughman

October 12, 2018

The FDA has announced the availability of draft guidance for industry entitled “Supplemental Questions and Answers Regarding Food Facility Registration.”

Regulations

FDA bans use of seven synthetic flavor substances/enhancers

Six are delisted due to petitions regarding public health concerns

Wayne Labs

October 10, 2018

Effective Oct. 9, 2018, the FDA has amended its food additive regulations to no longer allow for the use of a total of seven synthetic flavoring substances and flavor enhancers (adjuvants)—six due to health concerns, and one additional flavor that is being delisted because it’s no longer used by industry.

Regulatory Watch

FSIS proposes eliminating carcass marking requirement

Rule applies only to carcasses that will be further processed in the same location

Casey Laughman

September 12, 2018

The FSIS is proposing an amendment to federal meat inspection regulations to eliminate the requirement that livestock carcasses be marked with the official inspection legend at the time of inspection in a slaughter establishment if the carcasses are to be further processed in the same establishment.

Regulatory Watch

FSIS proposes amendments to uninspected products rule

Rule would eliminate prescriptive requirements

Casey Laughman

September 12, 2018

The USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is proposing an amendment to federal meat and poultry products inspection regulations.

Regulatory Watch

AMS clariﬁes honey packer obligations

Previous rule was deemed ambiguous

Casey Laughman

August 10, 2018

The USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has clariﬁed its ﬁnal rule governing inspection and certiﬁcation of processed fruits, vegetables, and miscellaneous products regarding Country of Origin Labeling of Packed Honey.