The FDA will hold four public meetings to discuss “Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption: Draft Guidance for Industry.”
Starting this past Tuesday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) resumed inspections of food facility and some drug inspections that were put on hold due to the government shutdown.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has announced key 2018 achievements in protecting public health by ensuring the safety of meat, poultry and processed egg products.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that January 1, 2022, will be the uniform compliance date for final food labeling regulations that are issued in calendar years 2019 and 2020.
The USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has amended the Marketing Order that regulates the handling of raisins produced from grapes grown in California.
The FDA has announced the availability of draft guidance entitled “Food Labeling: Serving Sizes of Foods That Can Reasonably Be Consumed At One Eating Occasion, Reference Amounts Customarily Consumed, Serving-Size Related Issues, Dual Column Labeling and Miscellaneous Topics.”
While time is running out for small farms to comply with the FSMA Produce Rule, the FDA released a 172-page draft guidance for the Produce Safety Rule at the end of October, with a six month comment period.