FDA will extend until Jan. 6 its policy of enforcement discretion allowing infant formula imports that don’t meet all regulatory requirements to address recent infant formula shortages, and also will provide a pathway for individual manufacturers to request a continuation of the policy on a case-by-case basis after that date, the agency said in a notice released Oct. 5.
On Oct. 3, FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On Sept. 30, FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On Sept. 29, FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On Sept. 28, FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
FDA has issued its Enforcement Report for Sept. 28, listing the status of recalls and field corrections for food, cosmetics, tobacco products, drugs, biologics and devices. The report covers both domestic and foreign firms.
FDA is proposing new requirements for when the term “healthy” can be used as a claim on food labeling. The proposed rule, published in the Sept. 29 Federal Register, would modify current general criteria for using the term “healthy” by moving to a food-specific approach, and would set new recordkeeping requirements where compliance can’t be verified with information on the product label, FDA said.
On Sept. 27, FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On Sept. 26, FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
FDA on Sept. 27 released a new report outlining its activities related to ensuring the safety of imported produce. The overview includes information on FDA’s efforts toward ensuring produce offered for import meets U.S. food safety requirements; targeting and border surveillance to prevent entry of unsafe foods; responding to unsafe imported produce; and creating an effective and efficient food import program.