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FDA eases nutrition labeling rules to help processors sell restaurant food

Restaurants also could sell some ingredients without nutrition labels to customers, retailers

Rose Shilling

March 27, 2020

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The FDA is relaxing nutrition labeling requirements during the COVID-19 pandemic to allow manufacturers to sell some packaged food that restaurants aren’t buying to retailers experiencing surging demand.

Coronavirus

FDA postpones most foreign inspections through April

In response to the COVID-19 outbreak

Sharon Spielman

March 12, 2020

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According to a press release issued by the FDA, the agency is postponing most foreign inspections through April, effective immediately, in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Inspections outside the U.S. deemed mission-critical will still be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Regulatory Watch

Glucomannan added to definiton of dietary fiber

Sharon Spielman

March 9, 2020

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The FDA intends to propose that "glucomannan" be added to the definition of dietary fiber.

Regulatory Watch

Biotechnology regulation website launched

Sharon Spielman

March 9, 2020

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The FDA, Department of Agriculture and EPA launched a unified website for biotechnology regulation.

Food Safety

Investigators don’t find common source of blackberries from hepatitis outbreak

People in 7 states reported getting sick

Rose Shilling

February 19, 2020

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A traceback investigation by the FDA did not find a single, common source of blackberries linked to a hepatitis A outbreak.

Manufacturing News

Bill would allow the FDA access to CAFOs

Wayne Labs

February 11, 2020

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In an effort to allow FDA to sample water, soil and environmental conditions on USDA-regulated concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs), New York Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand introduced a bill that would provide the FDA authority to conduct microbial sampling on CAFOs as necessary for a foodborne illness outbreak investigation, determine the outbreak’s root cause or address other public health needs.

Regulatory Watch

FDA issues final guidance for nutrition labeling regulations

Sharon Spielman

February 11, 2020

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The FDA has issued final guidance to help manufacturers of packaged foods comply with the updated Nutrition Facts labeling regulations, which addresses serving sizes of foods, including single-serving foods and other foods that can reasonably be consumed at one eating occasion and require dual-column labeling.

Regulatory Watch

FDA reopens comment period for UF milk

Sharon Spielman

February 11, 2020

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The FDA has reopened the comment period for the proposed rule published in the Federal Register of Oct. 19, 2005, entitled “Cheeses and Related Cheese Products; Proposal to Permit the Use of Ultrafiltered Milk.”

Food Safety

FDA moves to in-depth analysis after romaine field tests didn’t find outbreak strains

'Root-cause' investigation will help determine needed preventive controls

Rose Shilling

January 16, 2020

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E. coli tests of romaine fields where investigators traced contaminated lettuce did not turn up outbreak strains, so the FDA will move to an in-depth “root-cause” investigation for three outbreaks.

Regulatory Watch

California almond accepted user program revised

Sharon Spielman

January 6, 2020

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The USDA issued a final rule that requires California almond accepted users to dispose of inedible material within 6 months of receipt, submit public weighmaster weight certificates within 10 business days of receipt of inedible material, and submit an accepted user plan annually.

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Items Tagged with 'FDA'

ARTICLES

FDA eases nutrition labeling rules to help processors sell restaurant food

FDA postpones most foreign inspections through April

Glucomannan added to definiton of dietary fiber

Biotechnology regulation website launched

Investigators don’t find common source of blackberries from hepatitis outbreak

Bill would allow the FDA access to CAFOs

FDA issues final guidance for nutrition labeling regulations

FDA reopens comment period for UF milk

FDA moves to in-depth analysis after romaine field tests didn’t find outbreak strains

California almond accepted user program revised

Food Engineering

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