Jul 1, 2018 | FDA and USDA Regulatory Update
Before 2016, FDA regulations for nutrition labeling did not define the term “dietary fiber” but in 2016, FDA issued regulation defining dietary fiber as two types of fiber: [1] non-digestible soluble and insoluble carbohydrates and lignin that are intrinsic and intact...
Jun 1, 2018 | FDA and USDA Regulatory Update
A new section of the FDA Data Dashboard has been launched to help importers and manufacturers/processors meet supply-chain requirements under the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) by helping them more easily find compliance and enforcement information related...
Jun 1, 2018 | FDA and USDA Regulatory Update
The names of new and returning members of the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF) have been announced and the committee now includes two EAS Independent Consultants. Returning member, Dr. Omar Oyarzabal who is a professor at the...
May 1, 2018 | FDA and USDA Regulatory Update
EAS Consulting Group would like to bring to your attention an FDA Center for Tobacco Products announcement regarding updates to the Provisional Substantial Equivalence review process. Substantial equivalence (SE) is the most commonly used pathway by which tobacco...
May 1, 2018 | Dietary Supplements, FDA and USDA Regulatory Update
FDA recently responded to a letter from congressional representatives regarding product safety in the dietary supplement industry. In the letter, dated April 12, 2018, the agency states that safety, product integrity, and informed decision-making are the...
May 1, 2018 | FDA and USDA Regulatory Update
FDA released Guidance for Industry on highly concentrated caffeine in dietary supplements. FDA considers products which only or primarily consist of pure or highly concentrated caffeine and are sold as dietary supplements to be adulterated under section 402(f)(1)(A)...
