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The Food Traceability Rule is designed to facilitate faster identification and rapid removal of potentially contaminated food from the market, resulting in fewer foodborne illnesses and deaths.

The final rule revokes the SOIs for lowfat yogurt and nonfat yogurt and amends the standard for yogurt.

The new chapter outlines ways to protect from major food allergen cross-contact and to ensure that the finished food is properly labeled with respect to the major food allergens.

The website feature enables software developers to access data on recalls and public health alerts through an application programming interface.

The new program was designed to facilitate faster identification and rapid removal of potentially contaminated food from the market, resulting in fewer foodborne illnesses and/or deaths.

Two guidance documents outline recommendations for how sprout operations may comply with the Produce Safety Rule.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is issuing a direct final rule to complete administrative actions that reflect the agency’s June 2015 final determination that the use of partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs) in foods is no longer Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS).

The FDA is issuing a request for information on a citizen petition asking the FDA to amend the standard of identity for pasteurized orange juice.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a public inventory of certain food ingredients that the agency has determined to have unsafe uses in food because they are unapproved food additives and lists of select chemicals currently under the agency’s review.

The FDA announced the availability of a final guidance for industry entitled "Action Level for Inorganic Arsenic in Apple Juice."