Category: Foods & Beverages
Ongoing Scrutiny Over Kratom: Challenges as a Bulk Dietary Ingredient and as a Dietary Supplement FDA recently seized more than 250,000 units of dietary supplements and bulk dietary ingredients that are or contain kratom (also known as mitragyna speciosa, a tropical tree native to Southeast Asia, commonly used for its leaves). The dietary supplements, manufactured […]
Belgian authorities destroy American beer for failure to comply with Protected Designation of Champagne: A look at Parallel Market Imports and Food Standards and Labeling Last week, Belgian authorities destroyed more than 2,000 cans of Miller High Life at the request of the Comité Champagne, a trade organization that oversees use of the name Champagne, […]
Last week, FDA announced an Immediate National Strategy to Increase the Resiliency of the U.S. Infant Formula Market. The strategy is a result of shake-up caused by the recent infant formula shortage following unsanitary conditions at one of the country’s largest infant formula facilities, which led to stand-still production for several months and a significant voluntary recall. The […]
This week, FDA kicked-off a new resource about the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act of 2002 (MoCRA) and a follow-up constituent advisory that FDA has stopped accepting and processing submissions to the Voluntary Cosmetic Registration Program (VCRP). FDA is developing a program for submission of the facility registrations and product listings required by MoCRA which […]
FDA completed its second pre-market consultation for human food made from cultured animal cells, and advised it had no further questions about the firm’s safety conclusions. The FDA’s premarket consultation with the submitter, GOOD Meat, Inc., involved an examination of the Company’s production process and the cultured cell material made by the production process. This […]
FDA Issues Draft Labeling Recommendations for Plant-Based Milk Alternatives
Use of the term “milk” in plant-based beverages over the years has been a nutty landscape for some and highly debated. However, with an increase in market availability and consumption, the types and varieties of alternative milk products has continued to expand from soy, almond and rice milk to cashew, coconut, hazelnut, hemp seed, oat, […]
Closing Gaps, Protecting Organic Producers and Improving Transparency and Traceability of Organic Products As the “organic” section of many grocery stores continues to grow, with consumers wondering and hoping that their exchange of top dollar means safer food, USDA’s passage of a new rule aims to help deter and detect fraud and protect organic integrity […]
Protecting Consumers, Limiting Supply Chain Disruption and Avoiding Business and Reputation Damage Quickly and Effectively With product recalls consistently being in the news over undeclared allergens, bacterial contamination, physical hazards, potential of a product’s failure to conform to a performance standard, and many other reasons, consumer’s health and safety are naturally at stake. Companies also […]
While the year is winding down, FDA remains active in enforcement and issuing new guidance. Here’s a look at what has been happening at the Agency.
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