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...
View ArticleChanges 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...
View ArticleFDA 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...
View ArticleFDA’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...
View ArticleBfR 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...
View ArticleFDA 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,...
View ArticleFDA 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...
View ArticleFDA 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...
View ArticlePackaging 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...
View ArticleNGOs 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...
View ArticleFood Law and Regulation Boot Camp
Start Date: Monday, November 13, 2017End Date: Wednesday, November 15, 2017Location: Chicago, IL
View ArticleFSANZ 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...
View ArticleFDA 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...
View ArticleChanges 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...
View ArticleFood Law and Regulation Boot Camp
Start Date: Monday, November 13, 2017End Date: Wednesday, November 15, 2017Location: Chicago, IL
View ArticleFSANZ 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...
View ArticlePractical Food Law Seminar
Start Date: Tuesday, February 27, 2018End Date: Thursday, March 1, 2018Location: San Francisco, CA
View ArticleFDA 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...
View ArticleProposed 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...
View ArticleNTP 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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