On May 2 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:

The Food and Drug Administration issued its weekly Enforcement Report for May 2 that lists the status of recalls and field corrections for food, drugs, biologics and devices. The report covers both domestic and foreign firms.

The Food and Drug Administration will extend the compliance dates by about one and a half years for two recent final rules changing requirements for nutrition facts labeling for food, as proposed (see 1709290014), the agency said in a notice. Compliance with the new regulations, which would revise the information required and formatting on nutrition facts labels and increase recommended serving sizes (see 1605200021), will be required by January 2020 for most food manufacturers, and January 2021 for small businesses. The requirements were previously to take effect in July 2018 and July 2019, respectively. The extension comes in response to concerns from industry.

The Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on e-cigarette liquids resembling children’s food products, sending 15 warning letters to manufacturers, distributors and retailers identified by the agency in an investigation, FDA said in a press release. In a joint effort with the Federal Trade Commission, FDA told the companies in the May 1 warning letters that their products are misbranded because their labeling or advertising misleadingly imitates children’s juice boxes, candies and cookies, and also violate FTC rules on unfair or deceptive marketing. “Please note that any adulterated and misbranded tobacco products offered for import into the United States are subject to detention and refusal of admission,” each warning letter says.

The Food and Drug Administration is amending its regulations on food names to provide that golden king crabmeat is now the common or usual name for crabmeat derived from the species Lithodes aequispinus. It had previously been referred to as brown king crabmeat in the agency’s regulations. Compliance with the change on product labeling is required by Jan. 1, 2020.

On April 30 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:

The Food and Drug Administration is working to address an outbreak of norovirus linked to raw oysters imported from Canada, it said. “The FDA has confirmed that potentially contaminated raw oysters harvested in the south and central parts of Baynes Sound, British Columbia, Canada,” were distributed in several U.S. states, it said. “FDA and the states are conducting a trace-forward investigation to determine where the raw oysters were distributed and ensure they’re removed from the food supply. Retailers should not serve raw oysters harvested from the following harvest locations (or landfiles) within Baynes Sound: #1402060, #1411206, #1400483, and #278757.” Canadian authorities have seen a decrease in the number of cases being reported to the Canadian outbreak investigation team, “which indicates the outbreak may be slowing,” the Public Health Agency of Canada said April 27.

On April 27 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:

On April 26 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:

The Food and Drug Administration issued its weekly Enforcement Report for April 25 that lists the status of recalls and field corrections for food, drugs, biologics and devices. The report covers both domestic and foreign firms.