Jun 1, 2019 | EASeNews, FDA and USDA Regulatory Update, Foods
FDA’s Final Guidance for preparation of Food Contact Notifications for substances that come into contact with infant formula and human milk is intended to help industry understand FDA’s process for evaluating the safety of food contact substances. It incorporates...
Jun 1, 2019 | EASeNews, FDA and USDA Regulatory Update
Voluntary recalls are a vital means to protect public health and typically are the quickest way to remove defective or potentially harmful food, medical, and consumer products from the market. FDA’s new Draft Guidance includes steps companies may take to plan, prepare...
Jun 1, 2019 | Drugs, EASeNews, FDA and USDA Regulatory Update
FDA has issued Final Guidance related to drug marketing application submissions for human drugs and recommendations for considerations of whether to submit a 501(b)(2) New Drug Application, commonly referred to as an NDA, or a 505(j) Abbreviated New Drug Application,...
Dec 26, 2018 | EASeNews, FDA and USDA Regulatory Update
The recently signed Farm Bill answers a number of questions, particularly for those manufacturers of single ingredient foods, jars of honey and maple syrup specifically, who objected to the requirement in FDA’s 2016 Final Rule of adding a declaration of daily value...
Dec 26, 2018 | EASeNews, FDA and USDA Regulatory Update
FDA released a technical amendment correcting or further explaining minor errors and omissions in the May 27, 2016, Final Rules for Food Labeling: Revisions of the Nutrition and Supplement Facts Labels and Food Labeling: Serving Sizes of Foods...
Jul 1, 2018 | FDA and USDA Regulatory Update, Foods
FDA has released an updated version of the downloadable Food Safety Plan Builder tool designed to help owners and operators of food establishments with the development of a food safety plan that identified hazards requiring preventive controls to prevent foodborne...