Tag: additive
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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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EWG Ramps Up Pressure on Companies Using Azodicarbonamide in Foods
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) has followed up FoodBabe.com’s Vani Hari’s petition to Subway about using azodicarbonamide (ADA)—a “chemical used to make yoga mats, shoe soles and other rubbery objects”—in its U.S. food products, by launching its own petition directed to major brands purportedly using the chemical in some 500 food products. Details about Hari’s…
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FDA Refuses to Stay Effective Date for Use of Irradiation
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a final rule denying requests for a stay of the effective date and for a hearing on the final rule concerning the use of irradiation in food production, processing and handling. Originally appearing in the August 22, 2008, Federal Register, the rule amended food additive regulations to…
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FDA Enters Consent Decree on FSMA Rulemaking Timeline
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has entered a consent decree with the Center for Food Safety, which sued the agency over its alleged failure to comply with implementation rulemaking deadlines in the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). Ctr. for Food Safety v. Hamburg, No. 12-4529 (N.D. Cal., decree filed February 20, 2014). Under…
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EFSA Issues Opinion on Formaldehyde in Animal Feed
The European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA’s) Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed (FEEDAP) has issued an opinion on formaldehyde, currently used as a feed additive and a preservative for skimmed milk intended for pigs. Concluding that “although there is no health risk for consumers exposed to the substance through the…
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OEHHA Enters Prop. 65 MOU with Department of Food and Agriculture
California EPA’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has entered a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the state’s Department of Food and Agriculture relating to “cooperation and communication in the implementation of Proposition 65 with respect to exposure to Proposition 65 listed chemicals in food or food additives.” According to OEHHA, the agreement “describes…
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Upcoming Codex Meetings to Address Food Additives
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service and the Food and Drug Administration have announced a February 11, 2014, public meeting in Washington, D.C., to provide information and receive comments on agenda items and draft U.S. positions for discussion during the 46th Session of the Codex Committee on Food Additives of the…
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FDA Guidance Differentiates Liquid Dietary Supplements from Beverages
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued two final guidance documents for industry on distinguishing liquid dietary supplements from beverages. Titled “Distinguishing Liquid Dietary Supplements From Beverages” and “Considerations Regarding Substances Added to Foods, Including Beverages and Dietary Supplements,” the documents update 2009 draft guidance intended “to help dietary supplement and beverage manufacturers…