Articles Tagged with ''FDA''

Manufacturing News

Cell-cultured meat concerns

Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor

May 17, 2019

USDA and FDA held a joint public meeting on the use of cell culture technology and discussed the technology, its theory, application and issues.

Woodhead Watertite Extreme plugs and connectors

Engineering R&D

Electrical connectors must survive harsh requirements, meet stringent standards

Wayne Labs

March 22, 2019

Recognizing the need to provide a cordset and connectors to meet food and beverage industry standards, Molex redesigned a connector family to provide the industry with a solution.

Manufacturing News

Who reads nutrition fact labels?

Wayne Labs

March 18, 2019

FDA has taken another look at food labeling with two recent draft guidance documents, the first regarding serving sizes and dual-column labels and the second on nutritional information pertaining to added sugars, vitamins and minerals.

Industry News

FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb announces resignation

Gottlieb will leave the agency in April

Casey Laughman

March 5, 2019

FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb, who has led the agency since 2017, has announced he will be resigning as of April 2019.

Sharon Spielman

February 20, 2019

The FDA has lifted the suspension and reinstated the facility registration for Working Cow Homemade, Inc. The decision follows proposed changes and commitments by the firm, along with FDA site inspection and verification.

Packaging

Research potassium levels and other labeling tips from IPPE

Workshop sponsored by North American Meat Institute updated producers on nutrition claims, the “healthy” label and bioengineered logos

Rose Shilling

February 18, 2019

Meat processors who brushed up on the latest labeling guidelines at the International Production & Processing Expo learned details about when bioengineered logos might be needed and how FDA’s nutritional panel updates might trickle over to their products.

Food Safety

Processors must ensure their PCQIs are qualified, trained and experienced

Richard F. Stier

February 14, 2019

Food processors have a mandate to ensure that they have someone with a new title on board: the preventive controls qualified individual, or PCQI.

Regulatory Watch

Amending the definition of the term "biological product"

Sharon Spielman

February 12, 2019

The FDA has proposed to amend its regulation that defines "biological product" to incorporate changes made by the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009 (BPCI Act), and to provide its interpretation of the statutory terms "protein" and "chemically synthesized polypeptide."

Regulatory Watch

FDA withdraws proposed rule on labeling for approved drugs, biological products

Sharon Spielman

February 12, 2019

The FDA has announced the withdrawal of the proposed rule on "Supplemental Applications Proposing Labeling Changes for Approved Drugs and Biological Products," published in the Federal Register of Nov. 13, 2013.

Top 5 Types of Emphasis Programs used by OSHA in Plant Inspections

Manufacturing News

OSHA, FSIS and worker safety

Wayne Labs

February 11, 2019

While robots are taking over dangerous jobs in newer automated meat and poultry plants, the rest still use mostly manual labor.

On Demand Kelley Rodriguez, Editor in Chief of Refrigerated & Frozen Foods, will be joined in this 60-minute webinar by industry experts to help unpack the latest research.

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