Category: FDA
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FDA Issues Final Rule on Color Additives in Distilled Spirits
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a final rule that amends color additive regulations to provide for “the safe use of mica-based pearlescent pigments prepared from titanium dioxide and mica as color additives in distilled spirits containing not less than 18 percent and not more than 23 percent alcohol by volume but not…
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FDA Issues Notice on Study of Consumer Responses to Nutrition Labels
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a notice about a collection of information titled “Experimental Study on Consumer Responses to Nutrition Facts Labels with Various Footnote Formats and Declaration of Amount of Added Sugars” that the agency has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for review. FDA reported that it plans…
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House Lawmakers Seek Release of FDA Guidelines on Arsenic in Juice
U.S. Reps. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) and Frank Pallone Jr. (D-N.J.), have written a letter to the Office of Management and Budget asking for the release of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) voluntary industry guidelines for levels of arsenic in fruit juices currently under review by the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. Citing studies…
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Senators Introduce Bill to Increase Information on Antibiotic Use
Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) have introduced bipartisan legislation to combat antimicrobial drug resistance by requiring the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to report more information on the annual sales of antibiotics used among industrial farm animals. The “Antimicrobial Data Collection Act” would also reportedly give the agency a deadline to finalize policies proposed…
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FDA to Take “Fresh Look” at Added Caffeine in Foods and Beverages
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Deputy Commissioner for Foods and Veterinary Medicine Michael Taylor said this week that the agency “is taking a fresh look at the potential impact that the totality of new and easy sources of caffeine may have on the health of children and adolescents, and if necessary, will take appropriate action.”…
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FDA Plans to Double Comment Period on FSMA Implementing Regulations
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Margaret Hamburg has reportedly informed Senate appropriators that the agency would extend for 120 days the comment period for two proposed rules—one relating to fresh produce and the other to food processors issued in January 2013 to implement the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). According to Hamburg, “We appreciate…
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FDA Proposes Requirements for Selenium in Infant Formula
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a proposed rule that would add selenium to the list of nutrients required in infant formula as well as establish minimum and maximum levels for the mineral in this context. Under the proposed rule, which recognizes selenium as an essential nutrient, infant formula labels would also need to…
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Proposal to Include Non-Nutritive Sweeteners in Milk Standard Receives Thousands of Comments
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has reportedly received “more than 30,000 comments” in response to its request for information about a petition filed by dairy-industry groups asking the agency to drop special labeling requirements for flavored milks that contain artificial sweeteners such as aspartame. The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) and the National Milk…