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FDA Files Petition to Revoke Clearances for Certain Phthalates

Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2016On April 12, 2016, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) accepted for consideration a food additive petition that calls on the Agency to revoke the regulatory...

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Changes Afoot for Safety Assessments of Food Packaging

Publication Date: April 21, 2016The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has recommended changes to how the safety of food-contact materials, including packaging materials, is assessed. These changes...

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FDA Recognizes Canada’s Food Safety System as Comparable to U.S. Allowing...

Date: Friday, May 27, 2016The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has officially signed an “ arrangement ” with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Health Canada under which each country...

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FDA’s Final Intentional Adulteration Rule as it Relates to Food-Contact...

Date: Friday, June 10, 2016On May 27, 2016, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued its final rule to implement the intentional adulteration provisions in Sections 418, 419, and 420 of the...

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BfR Recommends More Studies on Epoxide Resin Coatings for Oily Foods

Date: Thursday, August 11, 2016The German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) recently published information about epoxide resin coatings of cans that contain Cyclo-di-BADGE (CdB) and are used...

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FDA Extends Compliance Dates for FCSs Verification under FSVP Regulation

Date: Thursday, August 25, 2016The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is extending the compliance dates for verification activities for food-contact substances (FCSs), such as packaging materials,...

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FDA Issues Final Guidance for Voluntary Qualified Importer Program Under FSMA

Date: Thursday, December 15, 2016The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released a final industry guidance on the Voluntary Qualified Importer Program (VQIP). Under the Food Safety...

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FDA Issues Guidance on FSMA Third-Party Certification Program and Finalizes...

Date: Tuesday, January 3, 2017The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued a guidance document that recommends standards for accrediting third-party certification bodies under the Food...

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Packaging Requirements Included in Canada’s SFCA Proposed Implementing...

Date: Wednesday, January 25, 2017Canada’s proposed regulations to implement the Safe Foods for Canadians Act (SFCA), which was adopted on June 7, 2012, include a section on packaging requirements for...

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NGOs Request Hearing on FDA’s Denial of Their Perchlorate Food Additive Petition

Date: Tuesday, June 6, 2017Challenging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) May 2017 denial of their food additive petition to remove several clearances for perchlorate from food-contact...

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Food Law and Regulation Boot Camp

Start Date: Monday, November 13, 2017End Date: Wednesday, November 15, 2017Location: Chicago, IL

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FSANZ Determines Risk from Chemicals in Food Packaging is Low; No Additional...

Date: Thursday, November 2, 2017A three-year study recently completed by Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) concluded that the risk of chemicals migrating from packaging into food is low and...

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FDA Files Petition to Revoke Clearances for Certain Phthalates

Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2016On April 12, 2016, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) accepted for consideration a food additive petition that calls on the Agency to revoke the regulatory...

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Changes Afoot for Safety Assessments of Food Packaging

Publication Date: April 21, 2016The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has recommended changes to how the safety of food-contact materials, including packaging materials, is assessed. These changes...

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Food Law and Regulation Boot Camp

Start Date: Monday, November 13, 2017End Date: Wednesday, November 15, 2017Location: Chicago, IL

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FSANZ Determines Risk from Chemicals in Food Packaging is Low; No Additional...

Date: Thursday, November 2, 2017A three-year study recently completed by Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) concluded that the risk of chemicals migrating from packaging into food is low and...

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Practical Food Law Seminar

Start Date: Tuesday, February 27, 2018End Date: Thursday, March 1, 2018Location: San Francisco, CA

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FDA Will Not Enforce FSVP for Food-Contact Substances

Date: Friday, January 5, 2018The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced January 4, 2018, that it does not intent to require importers of food-contact substances to comply with the...

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Proposed Washington State Bill Would Restrict Perfluorinated Chemicals in...

Date: Monday, February 26, 2018The Washington State Senate is considering a bill that would conditionally restrict the use of perfluorinated chemicals in food packaging beginning in 2021, pending the...

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NTP Report Supports Safety of BPA at Current Use Levels, Says FDA

Date: Wednesday, February 28, 2018A National Toxicology Program (NTP) draft report on a comprehensive two-year study rodent study evaluating the effects of bisphenol A (BPA) on health supports the U.S....

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