The Meat Institute has called the law unconstitutional and will hurt the nation’s food value chain by significantly increasing costs for producers and consumers.

The FDA removed 59,420 food facilities from its registration database in January 2021, resulting in a 25% decrease in the total number of food facilities registered with agency.

The FDA has issued a final guidance, Use of an Alternate Name for Potassium Chloride in Food Labeling, to advise food manufacturers of its intent to exercise enforcement discretion for the name "potassium salt" in the ingredient statement on food labels as an alternative to "potassium chloride" to better inform consumers that it is a salt substitute.

FSIS has corrected a final rule that published on October 29, 2020, which requires official plants that process egg products to develop and implement Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) Systems and Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (Sanitation SOPs) and to meet other sanitation requirements consistent with the agency’s meat and poultry regulations.

The FDA has issued a reminder that all U.S. and foreign human and animal food facilities that are required to register with the FDA must renew their registration this year before December 31.

The Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition at the FDA sends a message of thanks to the millions of food and agriculture workers across America. 

The Clean Label Project pushes for the use of decaffeination processes using carbon dioxide or the Swiss water process.

The federal government estimates that there are about 48 million cases of foodborne illness, or "food poisoning," annually. Take an active role in preventing it during Food Safety Education Month.