Category Archives: Regulatory Updates

This update includes FDA updates, FDA warning letters, USDA updates, lawsuits, and other articles of interest, including increased certification fees for color additives, grants for AI-driven food safety research, alleged misleading mac & cheese advertising, and more. FDA Updates FDA Issues Final Guidance on Histamine Control in Fishery ProductsNovember 4:  The FDA released a finalContinue reading “Regulatory Update: November 1 – November 30, 2024”

This update includes FDA updates, FDA warning letters, lawsuits, and other articles of interest, including a streamlined process for FDA complaints, PFAS limits for bottled water, an update on the salmonella outbreak linked to eggs, and more. FDA Updates FDA’s Unified Human Foods Program Reorganization Goes into EffectOctober 1:  The FDA launched the Unified HumanContinue reading “Regulatory Update: October 1 – October 31, 2024”

This update includes FDA and USDA updates, FDA warning letters, lawsuits, and other articles of interest, including unintended milk in ‘dairy-free’ chocolate products, movement toward bans of cultivated meat, FDA’s new Human Foods Program, and more. FDA Updates FDA Enhances Food Traceability Efforts with New Resources and Public MeetingSeptember 4:  The FDA issued an updateContinue reading “Regulatory Update: September 1 – September 30, 2024”

This update includes FDA and USDA updates, FDA warning letters, lawsuits, and other articles of interest, including pasteurization to kill H5N1 in dairy products, a move to ban artificial dyes in school foods, misleading labeling, and more. FDA Updates FDA Files Color Additive PetitionAugust 5:  The FDA announced that it filed a petition, submitted byContinue reading “Regulatory Update: August 1 – August 30, 2024”

This update includes FDA and USDA updates, FDA warning letters, lawsuits, and other articles of interest, including the revocation of authorization to use brominated vegetable oil, a proposed new policy to reduce salmonella in raw poultry, findings from a fresh herbs study, and more. FDA Updates FDA Revokes Authorization for Use of Brominated Vegetable OilContinue reading “Regulatory Update: July 1 – July 31, 2024”

This update includes FDA and USDA updates, FDA warning letters, lawsuits, and other articles of interest, including exemptions from food traceability requirements, regulating genetically edited meat, an update on avian flu in the raw milk industry, and more. FDA Updates Sufficient Lab Capacity Reached for Import-Related Food Testing under LAAF ProgramJune 3:  As described inContinue reading “Regulatory Update: June 1 – June 30, 2024”

This update includes FDA and USDA updates, FDA warning letters, lawsuits, and other articles of interest, including funding to combat avian flu in the dairy industry, a ruling on “all natural” labeling, and the FDA’s determination on the GRAS status of tara flour. FDA Updates FDA Issues Final Rule to Modify Agricultural Water Provisions ofContinue reading “Regulatory Update: May 1 – May 31, 2024”

This update includes FDA and USDA updates, FDA warning letters, lawsuits, and other articles of interest, including an update on the safety of the country’s commercial milk supply, reports of adulterated and misbranded food, and new technology to help Prepare for FDA’s traceability rule. FDA Updates FDA Collecting Information on Food Calorie and Nutritional LabelingContinue reading “Regulatory Update: April 1 – April 30, 2024”

This update includes FDA updates, FDA warning letters, USDA updates, and other articles of interest, including the end of PFAS sales in food packaging, misbranded hot dog buns, an online system for identifying foodborne illness outbreaks, and more. FDA Updates FDA Announces the End the Sale of PFAS in Food PackagingFebruary 28: The FDA announcedContinue reading “Regulatory Update: February 1 – February 29, 2024”