As 2009 draws to a close FDA continues their ramped up enforcement activities based upon new guidance documents and letters to industry. A draft guidance document published on December 7, 2009 lets us know that FDA is eyeing functional beverages and liquid dietary supplements for [...]
Everyone is aware of today’s trend towards natural foods. Many manufacturers now substitute refined sugar with other cane products including “evaporated cane juice”. Yesterday the FDA issued a new guidance on labeling foods containing this ingredient. The guidance states that in FDA’s view “evaporated cane juice” [...]
In an informal conversation with a current FDA staff member I learned that the agency is expecting to issue many more warning letters and to follow up on those warnings much more quickly. Why is this? First, last fall the agency hired hundreds of new [...]