Category: Issue 418
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Congress Blocks USDA’s Proposed School Lunch Rules, Boosts FDA Food Safety Budget
Congress has approved and President Barack Obama (D) has signed a bipartisan agricultural spending bill (H.R. 2112) that will block or delay regulations aimed at making school lunches healthier. Signed into law on November 18, 2011, the bill will, among other things, prohibit the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) from limiting starchy vegetables, such as…
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State AGs Provide Comments on FTC/Phusion Projects Settlement
The attorneys general of a number of states have submitted a comment to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) taking issue with several aspects of a proposed settlement agreement with the company that makes the caffeinated alcoholic beverage Four Loko®. Additional information about the proposed settlement appears in Issue 412 of this Update. Attached to the…
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FSIS Schedules Codex Meeting on Animal Feed Contaminants
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has announced a January 18, 2012, public meeting in Washington, D.C., to consider draft U.S. positions to be presented during the 6th session of the Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Task Force on Animal Feeding of the Codex Alimentarius Commission on February 20-24 in Berne, Switzerland.…
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FDA Rule Requires Color Additive Information on Animal Food Labels
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a final rule requiring animal and pet food labels to list “the common or usual names” of any certified color additives used in the products. Issued in response to the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990, the final rule brings animal food labeling in line with…