Category: FDA
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FDA Extends Comment Deadline on Proposed Animal Drug Reporting Scheme
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has extended the comment period for an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) that announced potential changes to regulations governing new antimicrobial animal drug reporting. The ANPR proposed altering these regulations to incorporate the requirements of section 105 of the Animal Drug User Fee Amendments of 2008 (ADUFA 105).…
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FDA Workshop to Address Food Defense
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced a November 7-8, 2012, public workshop at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater “to provide information about food defense as it relates to food facilities such as farms, manufacturers, processors, distributors, retailers and restaurants.” Intended to help businesses better comply with the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness…
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Consumer Reports Finds Arsenic in Rice Products, Calls for Federal Standard
After testing more than 200 rice products, Consumer Reports purportedly found levels of total arsenic, both organic and inorganic, far in excess of the federal limit of 10 parts per billion (ppb) for arsenic in drinking water. Among the products tested were baby cereals, crackers, milk, pasta, flour, and an array of brown, white and…
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FDA Seeks Industry Nominations for TSEAC
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently published a notice seeking “any industry organizations interested in participating in the selection of a nonvoting industry representative to the Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Advisory Committee [TSEAC].” Organizations that wish to participate in the selection of this nonvoting member should submit a letter stating their interest to FDA by…
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Public Citizen Calls for FDA to Change FOIA Response Policy
Consumer organization Public Citizen has filed a citizen petition with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) challenging its policy of instructing staff, when responding to requests under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), to not consider “minor deletions,” which can be up to 20 percent of the responsive documents, as a partial FOIA denial that…
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FDA Issues Draft Compliance Guide for Marketing Pet Food Intended to Treat or Prevent Disease
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced a draft compliance policy guide (CPG) concerning the “Labeling and Marketing of Nutritional Products Intended for Use to Diagnose, Cure, Mitigate, Treat, or Prevent Disease in Dogs and Cats.” According to the September 10, 2012, Federal Register notice, the draft CPG explains how FDA plans “to use…
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Senators Press FDA for More Answers on Energy Drinks
Senators Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) and Richard Blumethal (D-Conn.) have responded to the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) letter concerning actions the agency plans to take on energy drinks. While the senators “were pleased to learn that the FDA intends to release final guidance distinguishing liquid dietary supplements from beverages,” they contend that FDA’s response to…
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Food Safety Advocates Sue FDA for Delaying FSMA Implementation
The Center for Food Safety and Center for Environmental Health have filed a complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) alleging that the agency has unlawfully delayed adopting implementing regulations under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). Ctr. for Food Safety v. Hamburg, No. 12-4529 (N.D. Cal., filed August…