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FDA has confirmed an effective date of Dec. 8, 2017 for the final rule amending color additive regulations to provide for the safe use of calcium carbonate.

The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is proposing amendments to the federal meat inspection regulations to establish a new inspection system for swine.

Plants would also be required to meet other sanitation requirements consistent with meat and poultry regulations.

FDA has announced that it will exercise enforcement discretion for certain provisions of four FSMA rules.

The EU (European Union) has changed its regulations for “novel foods” in an effort to make it easier to introduce new foods into the European market.

OSHA cited Koch Foods of Gainesville LLC with a repeat violation for exposing employees to amputation hazards by failing to provide machine guarding.

Rule applies to foreign food facilities and foreign governments.

Delay is to solicit further comments.

Fruit can be imported if it's free of pests.

The FDA intends to exercise enforcement discretion for certain provisions in four of the FSMA rules until it can work out issues presented in feedback from several entities or stakeholders, especially farms, packing facilities and importers.