Category: Issue 517
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NOSB Meeting to Address National List Changes
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) has announced an April 29-May 2, 2014, public meeting in San Antonio, Texas, to discuss the work of its six subcommittees and receive input on proposed changes to the National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances (National List), which governs what may be used in…
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FDA Issues Final Rule on Use of Vitamin D2 Bakers Yeast
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has rejected objections filed after publishing its final rule amending “the food additive regulations authorizing the use of vitamin D2 bakers yeast as a source of vitamin D2 and as a leavening agent in yeast-leavened baked products at levels not to exceed 400 International Units (IU) of vitamin…
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FDA to Discuss EIS for Proposed Produce Standards
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will convene an April 4, 2014, public meeting in College Park, Maryland, to discuss “the scope of the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed rule to establish standards for the growing, harvesting, packing and holding of produce for human consumption (the produce safety proposed rule).” The agency…
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Industry Groups Submit Comments to FDA Trans Fat Docket
The National Association of Margarine Manufacturers (NAMM) and American Bakers Association (ABA) have submitted comments to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) rulemaking docket about the agency’s tentative determination to remove partially hydrogenated oils from the generally recognized as safe (GRAS) list. NAMM contends that “the great majority of margarine products no longer contain…
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Bipartisan Coalition Contests EU Restrictions on Dairy Product Names
U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) have written a March 11, 2014, letter to the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), urging the agencies to reject the European Union’s (EU’s) request that product names such as feta, parmesan and muenster be reserved as “geographical indicators.” As part of…