FDA released three final guidances and one draft guidance this week to provide clarity on the use of nanotechnology in FDA-regulated products, with specific attention to the technology’s use in food and food for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.
Pennsylvania airline food manufacturer Gourmail Inc., doing business as Jyoti Natural Foods, was issued a warning letter in May from FDA for violations of Current Good Manufacturing Practices during a recent inspection.
Commissioner Margeret Hamburg told a house subcomittee that FDA believes the inclusion of GM ingredients does not constitute a material change in the product.
March 28, 2014
Commissioner Margeret Hamburg told a house subcomittee that FDA believes the inclusion of GM ingredients does not constitute a material change in the product.
FDA has published a proposed rule requiring shippers that transport food to use sanitary transportation practices. The action is being taken to comply with provisions of the Food Safety Modernization Act and covers shippers that use motor vehicles or rail.