Articles Tagged with ''FDA''

US consumers still eat more sodium than they should each day, and the number cutting back on salt continues to decrease.

Last year, FDA established its final rule defining the term “gluten-free” for voluntary use on food labels.

At the request of FDA, the US Department of Justice filed a complaint for permanent injunction in US District Court against Michigan-based S. Serra Cheese Company.

FDA has published the Food Safety and Modernization Act (FSMA) domestic and foreign facility reinspection, recall and importer reinspection fee rates for the fiscal 2015.

In response to FDA’s proposed rule, Food Labeling: Revision of the Nutrition and Supplement Facts Labels, the Sugar Association has filed comments asking the governing agency to withdraw its “added sugars” labeling proposal.

The US Supreme Court held that the FDCA and Lanham Act are complementary with respect to misleading food labels.

In a recent strategy statement, FDA said the rapidly-growing global food system is one of the main drivers of change in the agency's food safety role.

FDA released three final guidances and one draft guidance this week to provide clarity on the use of nanotechnology in FDA-regulated products, with specific attention to the technology’s use in food and food for animals.

FDA is clarifying a statement that sent cheesemakers into a panic earlier this year implying the government body would take steps to end the century-old practice of using wooden boards to age cheese.

Companies that applied to be included on the milk export lists to China and Chile are being asked by FDA to provide feedback on the process to assess any burden it causes US companies.