Articles Tagged with ''FDA''

FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg has announced her resignation as head of the government agency after nearly six years at the position.

FDA has requested a budget of $4.9 billion in the fiscal year 2016 budget to implement the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) and protect and promote the public health.

FDA is assembling a legal case against companies that sell pure caffeine powder, the Associated Press reports.

On behalf of its members, the Produce Marketing Association (PMA) has submitted its comments to FDA on the four supplemental proposals under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) on produce safety, preventative controls for human food, foreign supplier verification programs and preventative controls for animal feed.

The Food and Drug Administration is in the midst of revising the Nutrition Facts label on packaged food products, in an effort to make it convey more relevant information to consumers. In the background, interested parties are staking out their positions.

GAO evaluates  limitations in FDA, FSIS and AMS monitoring of foods for pesticide residue.

FDA has announced a public meeting on November 13 to discuss proposed changes to four rules originally proposed in 2013 to implement the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).

FDA has partnered with the Society of Toxicology to provide a series of training sessions focusing on high quality, cutting-edge, future-oriented toxicological science to address challenges in food and ingredient safety.

The renewal period for food facilities to register with FDA indicating what types of foods it produces or holds at each facility began Oct. 1.