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Food Standards Australia New Zealand

Food Standards Australia New Zealand

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has compiled all 80 Standards and 29 Schedules of the Code into a single, easy-to-search and navigate guidance document. While an obvious resource for Australian and New Zealand based food businesses, it is also a great resource for businesses exporting...

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Regulatory Freeze Executive Order

Regulatory Freeze Executive Order

Effective January 20, 2025, President Trump issued a Regulatory Freeze Executive Order, which will have a direct impact on regulated industries. Regulatory Freeze The regulatory freeze order, consistent with the actions of previous incoming administrations, effectively halts any rulemaking or...

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FDA Proposes Significant Step Toward Reducing Nicotine to Minimally or Nonaddictive Level in Cigarettes and Certain Other Combusted Tobacco Products

FDA Proposes Significant Step Toward Reducing Nicotine to Minimally or Nonaddictive Level in Cigarettes and Certain Other Combusted Tobacco Products

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a proposed rule that, if finalized, would make cigarettes and certain other combusted tobacco products minimally or nonaddictive by limiting the level of nicotine in those products. If finalized, the United States would be the first country...

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Pet Supplement Industry on the Rise

Pet Supplement Industry on the Rise

By Tim Lombardo, EAS Senior Director for Food Consulting ServicesRecent survey reports indicate that supplements for pets have reached US sales of nearly $3 billion, with dog and cat supplements comprising of approximately 75% and 20% of the total, respectively. The growing pet supplement market...

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Claims Substantiation Seminar

Claims Substantiation Seminar

This two-hour training will be a scientific dive into the regulatory requirement of claims substantiation. Several topics including the following will be discussed along with real case examples: which types of evidence are available and where to find them; what are high quality and low quality evidence; when is the evidence irrelevant to the claim being made; and how to write claims that can be substantiated.

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