The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week announced a proposed new rule redefining the term “healthy” as relates packaged foods. With the publication of the proposed rule in the Federal Register on September 29, concerned parties and the general public will now have 90 days to file formal comments with the agency. The…
Read More »Against the backdrop of the continuing coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) teamed up with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) yesterday to produce a detailed food safety checklist for the benefit of the food service industry. The checklist, which covers all aspects of food operations from growing and harvesting to…
Read More »It’s not something that we would not have thought about 20 years ago, or perhaps even a decade ago, but the spread of global terrorism has made this thought process part of our everyday life. The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) last week released the first installment of draft guidance on preserving food safety or…
Read More »Menu labeling, initially passed into law as part of ObamaCare back in January of 2010, has yet to be implemented, but the latest iteration was released last week by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This latest final version is slated to become effective on May 7, 2018 and its purpose is largely to provide…
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