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Three more final rules of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) were submitted by FDA to the Federal Register this week.

Representatives from the U.S. dairy industry say it is “critical” that Congress solve the trade dispute over country-of-origin labeling (COOL) in order to block the progress of damaging new tariffs on dairy exports by Canada and Mexico.

The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has issued a formal ruling, finding Mexico’s sugar industry unfairly dumped subsidized sugar onto the US market.

President Obama has signed a measure reauthorizing the Livestock Mandatory Reporting law, which requires meat packers to report to USDA the prices they pay for cattle, hogs and lambs.

ISO, the International Standards Organization, has updated its ISO 14001 environmental management systems (EMS) guidelines to reflect the increased prominence of environmental management within strategic planning processes.

As the cool weather of the fall season often provides some of the best times of the year for drinking fresh-squeezed juices and cider, FDA is reminding consumers to be carefully read the labels on these products.

FDA calls the finalized rules the first step in putting greater emphasis on the prevention of foodborne illness. 

Last week FDA announced it finalized two of seven major rules under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).

The dairy industry commended US Rep. Reid Ribble, R-WI, for introducing the Safe, Flexible and Efficient Trucking Act in the US House of Representatives last week.

FDA has issued a supplemental proposed rule that would make two minor changes to the Nutrition Facts label on food products: It would require declaration of the percent daily value (%DV) for added sugars and change the current footnote on the Nutrition Facts label.