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FDA Releases Guide for Industry to Meet New Nutritional Labeling Final Rule Providing Clarification on Compliance Timelines
February 15, 2017 By
January 2017 FDA has released a guide to aid industry comply with the new nutritional labeling requirements as per the final rule. Service(s) Related to Post: Nutritional Labeling Following the […] Read More >>
Concerns with Lead in Cosmetic Products
January 12, 2017 By
Up until the 1980’s, lead was a widely used element in a vast array of applications. However, as research started piling up and the dangers of lead became more apparent, […] Read More >>
CFSAN Constituent Update – FDA Issues Interim Final Rule Allowing More Raw Fruits and Vegetables to Bear Health Claims about Relationship between Dietary Saturated Fat and Cholesterol and the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease
December 16, 2016 By
This is an article taken from the official FDA U.S. Food and Drug Administration website. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is amending a regulation that authorizes a health claim […] Read More >>
Would You Add Avocado to Your Meal?
November 18, 2016 By
Taking a survey of the dicentra office, the vast majority of the people said they would opt in for the additional avocado. Like most people, we putatively believed growing up […] Read More >>
GRAS Notifications: The Final Ruling by the FDA (10 years in the making)
October 24, 2016 By
As of August 17 2016, the FDA issued a final ruling on Substances “Generally Recognized as Safe” (GRAS). The original ruling about GRAS Substances was proposed in 1997 with a […] Read More >>
FDA’s New Dietary Ingredient Notification: How Manufacturing Process Changes an ODI into a NDI
September 22, 2016 By
The Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) formed a strong framework for the regulation of New Dietary Ingredient (NDI) notifications as a pre-market safety review process. NDI is defined […] Read More >>
Big Changes Brewing in FDA Regulation of Cosmetics
September 20, 2016 By
The original article is found here. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is charged with oversight over cosmetics. However, unlike other products FDA regulates, such as drugs, foods, and tobacco, the […] Read More >>
CFSAN Constituent Update – FDA Announces Grant Award for Tribes and Local Food Producers to Enhance Food Safety and Compliance Under FDA’s Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)
August 24, 2016 By
This is an article taken from the official FDA U.S. Food and Drug Administration website. FDA Announces Grant Award for Tribes and Local Food Producers to Enhance Food Safety and […] Read More >>
CFSAN Constituent Update – FDA Extends Certain FSMA Compliance Dates; Issues Draft Guidance
August 23, 2016 By
This is an article taken from the official FDA U.S. Food and Drug Administration website. FDA Extends Certain FSMA Compliance Dates; Issues Draft Guidance The U.S. Food and Drug Administration […] Read More >>
Key Changes to the Finalized New Nutritional Facts Panel
August 22, 2016 By
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has finally formalized the new Nutritional Facts panel for packaged foods. There are six critical changes that the FDA has implemented to help […] Read More >>
CFSAN Constituent Update – Draft Guidance for Industry on Sodium
August 18, 2016 By
This is an article taken from the official FDA U.S. Food and Drug Administration website. FDA Issues Draft Guidance for Industry for Voluntarily Reducing Sodium UPDATE The FDA is extending the […] Read More >>
CFSAN Constituent Update – Final Rule on GRAS
August 12, 2016 By
This is an article taken from the official FDA U.S. Food and Drug Administration website. FDA Issues Final Rule on Food Ingredients that May Be “Generally Recognized as Safe” In […] Read More >>
CFSAN Constituent Update – Draft Guidance on Premarket Safety Notifications for Dietary Supplements
August 12, 2016 By
This is an article taken from the official FDA U.S. Food and Drug Administration website. The following is a press announcement from FDA of interest to our Constituent Update subscribers. […] Read More >>
FSMA is Not Just Coming… FSMA is HERE!
August 8, 2016 By
It’s been 5 years since you’ve first started hearing about looming FSMA deadlines. Now that the first deadline for 2016 has arrived, its time for you to understand how this […] Read More >>
When Regulations Collide: FDA Addresses Nutrition Label Issue for Small Amounts of Nutrients and Dietary Ingredients in Finalized Guidance Document
July 25, 2016 By
As of the beginning of July 2016, the FDA has finalized the draft guidance document (originally drafted and released for consultation at the end of July 2015) on its policy […] Read More >>
FDA’s New Guideline for Added Sugar on Nutrition Labels; A Real Victory for Public Health in U.S?
June 27, 2016 By
As of May 20th 2016, the FDA has proposed to include a separate line for added sugars on the nutrition label on food packaging to help Americans make more informed […] Read More >>
FDA Final Guidance Document: “Ingredients Declared as Evaporated Cane Juice”
June 21, 2016 By
This is an article taken from the official FDA U.S. Food and Drug Administration website. I. Introduction The purpose of this guidance is to enhance consumers’ ability to make informed […] Read More >>
FDA Announces Final Regulations on Labeling
June 2, 2016 By
On Friday the 20th of May, FDA announced the availability of the final regulations for nutrition labeling and serving sizes (in prepublication format).  The final regulations will be published in the […] Read More >>
FDA Draft Guidance Document for Sodium Reduction
June 2, 2016 By
An article from the FDA website concerning voluntary sodium reduction targets for the food industry. Original Article Found On: www.fda.gov Constituent Update June 1, 2016 The U.S. Food and Drug […] Read More >>
Is Your Food Really “Natural”?
May 30, 2016 By
If you pulled a food product off the shelf at your local grocery store and the label text read, “natural”, what would be your understanding of that statement? Most people […] Read More >>

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