The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently released guidance to assist food and dietary supplement companies on how to convert the previous units of measure for folate, niacin, vitamin A, vitamin D, and vitamin E to the new units required on the updated Nutrition Facts and Supplement Facts labels. The guidance includes step by step instructions, conversion factors for each nutrient, and sample calculations for converting to the new units of measure.
FDA Proposes New Health Warning for Cigarette Packages and Advertisements
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a proposed rule that would require health warnings on cigarette packages and advertising. The warnings include color images depicting some of the lesser-known health risks of cigarette smoking. This is FDA’s second attempt to require graphic warnings for cigarette packages and advertisements.
FDA Issues First Warning Letter under FSVP Regulations
On July 30, 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued its first Warning Letter to an importer for violations of the Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) requirements at 21 C.F.R. Part 1, Subpart L (21 C.F.R. §§ 1.500 through 1.514). The Warning Letter was issued to a U.S. importer related to imported tahini implicated in a multi-state Salmonella Concord outbreak in spring 2019.
Is Your Animal Food Safety Plan up to Snuff?
We are approximately nine months into FDA’s animal feed and pet food facility inspections for compliance with the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Preventive Controls for Animal Food (PC) rule. With PC inspections starting for small businesses this Fall, there are a few lessons we have learned from the inspections that have occurred to date.
FDA Issues Draft Guidance Regarding Use of an Alternative Name for Potassium Chloride in Food Labeling
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued a draft guidance to advise food manufacturers of its intent to exercise enforcement discretion for the name “potassium chloride salt” in the ingredient statement on food labels as an alternative to the common or usual name “potassium chloride.” Potassium chloride is often used as a partial substitute for sodium chloride (i.e. salt) in many foods.
FSIS Proposes to Rescind Dual Labeling Requirements for Certain Packages of Meat and Poultry Products
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) has proposed to eliminate requirements that certain meat and poultry products display net weights using a dual declaration format (i.e. requiring that some products declare weight in both pounds and ounces). The proposal would remove the dual net weight declaration for meat or poultry
FDA Announces Intentional Adulteration Inspections to Begin March 2020
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced that it will not begin inspecting food facilities until March 2020 to verify compliance with the Mitigation Strategies to Protect Food Against Intentional Adulteration regulations at 21 C.F.R. part 121, also known as the Intentional Adulteration (IA) rule. FDA has determined this additional time is
FDA Takes Steps to Modernize Regulation of Dietary Supplements
For the first time in 25 years, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a plan to modernize dietary supplement regulation and oversight.
The announcement sets lofty goals and articulates the following priorities:
- Communicate to the public as soon as possible when there is a safety concern about a dietary supplement on the market.
- Ensure