The FDA has proposed a new definition of healthy and related terms for the purpose of food labeling. The current definition became effective in 1994 and focuses on limited levels of total fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, and sodium to establish a food as “healthy”. Under [...]
Few events are truly global but the 2020 pandemic has affected every living being on the planet in some way. It is the rare person whose life and/or business has not been turned upside down this year but I am pleased to bring you a [...]
Update February 22, 2017: Many foreign manufactures of foods and dietary supplements are finding that their FDA Food Facility Registrations have been invalidated. These are companies that updated their registration between October and December 2016 as required but whose US Agent failed to confirm the [...]
Natural claims continue to be prominent on a variety of food and cosmetic product labels. As discussed in a previous post, FDA has not defined natural but requested public input on what the term should mean when used on food labels. The comment period closed [...]
The agency has avoided the issue for years but on November 12, 2015 the FDA published a “Request for Information and Comments” on the use of the term “Natural” in the labeling of human food products Note that the general term "food" includes dietary supplements. [...]
On November 7, 2013 FDA published a ‘Request for Comments and for Scientific Data and Information’ regarding the use of partially hydrogenated oils in foods. The FDA has reviewed the scientific data and has determined that there is no longer scientific consensus on the safety [...]
I know the name of this blog is FDA Update but my team provides USDA regulatory help from time to time and that agency has caught my attention today. My favorite blog, FDA Law Blog by Hyman Phelps & McNamara posted about the new USDA [...]
Hello! Summer is in full swing here in the Northern Hemisphere and FDA is heating things up for the US dietary supplement industry. On Friday, July 1, 2011 FDA published the long-anticipated Draft Guidance for Industry on Dietary Supplement New Dietary Ingredient Notifications. You can [...]