Category: Issue 487
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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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TTB Modifies Mandatory Labeling for Wine
The U.S. Department of Treasury’s Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) has issued a final rule amending the mandatory labeling requirements for wine to permit alcohol content “to appear on other labels affixed to the container rather than requiring it to appear on the brand label.” Effective August 9, 2013, the final rule…
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Proposed Legislation to Require Labeling on Food Packaging Containing BPA
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) has introduced legislation (S. 1124) that would require warning labels on all food packaging made with bisphenol A (BPA). Titled the “BPA in Food Packaging Right to Know Act,” the bill would require such packaging to bear labels stating, “This food packaging contains BPA, an endocrine-disrupting chemical,” in addition to directing…