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FDA has extended the comment period on the use of the term “natural” on food labeling through May 10.

FDA is reminding people with HIV/AIDS about the importance of safe food handling in preventing foodborne illness.

The proposed rule pertains to foods such as yogurt, sauerkraut, pickles, cheese, green olives, vinegar, and FDA regulated beers.

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

The FDA has released its FSMA Training Strategy outlining its evolving vision of how the agency will work with public and private partners on the development and delivery of food-industry training.

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.

President Barack Obama has nominated Dr. Robert Califf, FDA’s deputy commissioner for medical products and tobacco—the department’s second highest ranking official—as the new commissioner to lead the agency.

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).

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.