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Final IA supplemental draft guidance released

Sharon Spielman

April 6, 2020

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The FDA has released its third and final supplemental draft guidance to support compliance with the Intentional Adulteration Rule under FSMA.

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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.

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Food and bev groups: Coronavirus rule confusion causes delays in parts of U.S.

60 associations urge government to clarify CPG industry exemption from curfews, group limits

Rose Shilling

March 18, 2020

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Groups representing most every corner of the nation’s food and beverage supply urged government officials to heed federal guidelines to allow CPG manufacturers to keep making and moving out goods at full steam.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.”

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Decreased assessment rate proposed for tart Michigan cherries

January 6, 2020

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A proposed rule issued by AMS would implement a recommendation from the Cherry Industry Administrative Board to decrease the assessment rate established for 2019-20 and subsequent fiscal years.

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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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IFSAC releases 2017 report on foodborne illness sources

Sharon Spielman

December 17, 2019

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In an ongoing effort to understand sources of foodborne illness in the U.S., the Interagency Food Safety Analytics Collaboration (IFSAC) collects and analyzes outbreak data to produce an annual report with estimates of foods responsible for foodborne illnesses caused by pathogens.

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