At FDA Compliance Simplified we enjoy working with companies of all sizes. Some of our clients are brand owners but not manufacturers. They team with contract manufacturers to produce shelf-ready products. This can sometimes make it hard to get the information we need to ensure [...]
The helpful and informative Rocky Mountain Dietary Supplement Forum will be held again this year on September 15th & 16th (see details here). FDA will be present at the forum again this year for a panel discussion where attendees ask and get answers to issues [...]
Another Delay for Menu Labeling Enforcement On May 1, 2017 FDA announced a year long delay of enforcement of menu labeling regulations that were to have become effective May 5, 2017. This is the third delay to regulations that applied to restaurants and other food [...]
Once again in 2016 industry is waiting for action from FDA. I have listed just a few topics that various industry sectors hope to have clarified in 2016 below. Food: In February of 2014 FDA proposed dramatic changes to nutrition labeling regulations and industry continues [...]
Just a quick note: On September 14th we posted about USDA's requirement for listing nutritional information for major cuts of meat in retail establishments. At that time the effective date was January 1, 2012 but last week USDA announced that they have push the effective [...]
While the EU has banned the presence of bisphenol-A in baby bottles (effective today), the FDA has not taken such a step. There was a joint Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and World Health Organization (WHO) expert meeting in November 2010 [...]
If you are tuned to news about regulatory issues you are likely aware of recent lawsuits being brought against companies for claims made on food products. In one instance a mom in California is suing Nutella® over claims that the product is part of a healthy [...]