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FDA Sets Uniform Compliance for Food Labeling Regs Issued in 2017-2018
November 23, 2016 |FDA

The Food and Drug Administration issued a final rule to establish Jan. 1, 2020, as the uniform compliance date for food labeling regulations that are issued between Jan. 1, 2017, and Dec. 31, 2018 (here). FDA periodically announces uniform compliance dates for new food labeling requirements to minimize the economic impact of label changes, it said. "This action does not change existing requirements for compliance dates contained in final rules published before January 1, 2017," FDA said (here).

FDA Ends Use of Two Perfluoroalkyl Substances in Certain Food Packaging
November 22, 2016 |FDA

The Food and Drug Administration will no longer allow use of two perfluoroalkyl-containing substances as oil and water repellents for paper and paperboard for use in contact with aqueous and fatty foods, it said in a final rule (here) amending its food additive regulations. The substances are no longer used in these types of food packaging, it said. The final rule takes effect Nov. 22, though FDA will accept written objections until Dec. 22.

FDA Gives Update on Hot Pepper and Cucumber Enhanced Sampling Program
November 18, 2016 |FDA

The Food and Drug Administration recently provided an update (here) on its fiscal year 2016 microbiological surveillance sampling program on hot peppers and cucumbers. As of Oct. 1, FDA has found Salmonella in 15 out of 1,050 cucumber samples and 35 out of 1,130 hot pepper samples, it said. The rest tested negative for all targeted pathogens, with the exception of one more positive test of a hot pepper sample for a strain of E. coli that is incapable of causing illness. FDA announced the sampling program in 2015 (see 1511250010), setting a target of 1,600 samples each of cucumbers and hot peppers, with about three-quarters being collected on imports. “This testing is still underway and no conclusions can be drawn at this time,” FDA said in the update.

FDA Amends Manufacturing, Labeling Requirements for Medical Gas Cylinders
November 18, 2016 |FDA

The Food and Drug Administration is amending current good manufacturing practice and labeling regulations for medical gas cylinders, it said in a final rule (here). Changes include new requirements for manufacturing and labeling of cryogenic medical gas cylinders, as well as new labeling exemptions for oxygen and nitrogen and the elimination of labeling exemptions for cyclopropane and ethylene. Compliance with the final rule is required by May 17, 2017.