Category: FDA
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FDA Claims No Obligation to Ban Use of Antibiotics in Animal Feed
During oral argument before a Second Circuit Court of Appeals panel, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reportedly argued that it had “no obligation” to complete proceedings that the agency initiated to withdraw approval from certain uses of antibiotic drugs in livestock. Natural Res. Def. Council v. FDA, No. 12-2106 (2d Cir., argued February 8, 2013). Assistant…
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FDA Meetings to Target Produce Safety Standards
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced two additional public meetings to discuss proposed rules to establish standards for the growing, harvesting, packing, and holding of produce for human consumption (the produce safety proposed rule), and for current good manufacturing practice and hazard analysis and risk-based preventive controls for human food (the preventive controls…
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FDA Extends Comment Deadline for GE Salmon Assessments
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has extended until April 26, 2013, the comment period for two draft environmental assessments of the proposed conditions of use submitted by AquaBounty Technologies, Inc., in support of a new animal drug application concerning a genetically engineered (GE) Atlantic salmon and a preliminary finding of no significant impact for…
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FDA Consent Decree with Juice Company Requires Hiring of Labeling Expert
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently entered a consent decree with Puerto Rico-based Jonlly Fruits, Inc. requiring the company to hire independent experts in labeling, sanitation and Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) before it can begin again to make and sell its fruit and juice products. United States v. Jonlly Fruits, Inc., No.…
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FDA Issues Rule on Administrative Detention of Food
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a final rule that adopts, without change, the interim final rule (IFR) titled “Criteria Used to Order Administrative Detention of Food for Human or Animal Consumption” that was published in the Federal Register on May 5, 2011. Effective February 5, 2013, the final rule affirms IFR’s change…
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FDA Study Examines Nutrition Facts Labeling
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) researchers recently published a study claiming that consumers found it easier to compare food items with singleserving or dual-column nutrition facts (NF) labels as opposed to the NF labels currently in use. Lando and Lo, “Single-LargerPortion-Size and Dual-Column Nutrition Labeling May Help Consumers Make More Healthful Food Choices,” Journal of the…
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FDA Seeks Public Comment on Food Facility Registration
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has requested public comments on the information collection provisions of regulations that “require registration for domestic and foreign facilities that manufacture, process, pack, or hold food for human or animal consumption in the United States.” According to FDA, the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of…
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Groups Criticize Delay in Release of GE Salmon Documents
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently drawn criticism over the delayed release of documents evaluating the environmental impact of genetically engineered (GE) salmon. Created by Massachusetts-based AquaBounty Technologies, the GE salmon in question evidently contain genes from Chinook salmon as well as ocean pout that allow the company to bring the fish to…