During the week of June 8-15, the Food and Drug Administration modified the following existing Import Alerts (not otherwise listed on the FDA's new and revised import alerts page) on the detention without physical examination and/or surveillance of:
The Food and Drug Administration issued an order finding partially hydrogenated oils are no longer “generally recognized as safe” (GRAS) and reclassifying them as food additives (here). The move finalizes a proposed order issued in 2013 (see 13110827), on the back of research that found trans fats found in high amounts in partially hydrogenated oils can cause heart disease. Although use of trans fats in foods has been on the decline in recent years, partially hydrogenated oils continue to be found in some brands of popular food products, such as frostings, microwave popcorn, packaged pies, frozen pizzas, stick margarines and coffee creamers, said FDA in a June 15 blog post (here). FDA’s order means food manufacturers may no longer add partially hydrogenated oils to food after June 18, 2018, unless they are otherwise approved by FDA.
On June 11-12 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 June 10 that lists the status of recalls and field corrections for food, drugs, biologics, and devices (here). The report covers both domestic and foreign firms.
On June 9 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
During the week of June 1-7, the Food and Drug Administration modified the following existing Import Alerts (not otherwise listed on the FDA's new and revised import alerts page) on the detention without physical examination and/or surveillance of:
On June 8 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On June 5 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On June 4 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 June 3 that lists the status of recalls and field corrections for food, drugs, biologics, and devices (here). The report covers both domestic and foreign firms.