On Nov. 10 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 once again considering whether to adopt a regulatory definition for “natural” food, and is accepting comments on the issue until Feb. 10, it said (here). The agency last considered a definition in the 1990s, before eventually adopting a policy not to restrict use of the term “except for added color, synthetic substances, and flavors,” it said (here). After receiving several petitions from several companies, industry associations and consumer advocacy groups, including one that asked for the term to be prohibited on labeling altogether, FDA will once again open the discussion.
On Nov. 9 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On Nov. 6 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On Nov. 5 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 Nov. 4 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 Nov. 4 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On Nov. 3 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On Nov. 2 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
New requirements set by the Food and Drug Administration’s Food Safety Modernization Act regulations are having a “chilling effect” on imports of safe cheese, said the Cheese Importers Association of America in comments to the agency dated Oct. 29 (here). Responding to an FDA request for input on improving the safety of raw milk cheese, the CIAA said harmonizing international standards on cheese should take center stage as FDA addresses safety concerns.