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Achieving successful CBD approval – help is here
The Association for the Cannabinoid Industry (The ACI) announces CBD Safety Study Consortium which will generate data to assess the safety of CBD.
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Recall roundup: ground beef, choking hazards, undeclared milk and more.
Food and beverage products are recalled due to reasons ranging from contamination to incorrect labelling, and here is New Food’s roundup of the most recent cases.
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Swine dysentery in the US: The past, present and future…
As antibiotic usage drops, the National Pork Board is monitoring a once-mighty bacterial swine disease now sparsely recorded in the US. Here, Tyler A. McNeil explores the infection’s wrath, halt, rebound and future.
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90 more days to submit comments for FDA laboratory accreditation programme
The Laboratory Accreditation for Analyses of Foods proposed rule comment period was previously extended until 6 April 2020, but due to the ongoing coronavirus situation, will now close 6 July 2020.
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Remote importer inspections to be conducted by FDA
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is taking measures to temporarily conduct remote importer inspections under FSVP due to COVID-19.
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FDA offers answer to shortage of shell eggs
The FDA is allowing temporary flexibility for shell egg packaging and labelling sold to consumers by retail food establishments.
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“No need to panic,” says FDA
Against a backdrop of empty supermarket shelves and worldwide concern over food supplies during the COVID-19 outbreak, the FDA offers reassurance on US food safety and its supply chain.
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FDA launches campaign to help consumers use the Nutrition Facts label
The campaign includes videos and educational materials of 'food products' modelling their 'new looks', including on a runway, after receiving a nutritional information 'makeover.'
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Four killed by enoki mushroom Listeria outbreak
After the FDA announced that Sun Hong Foods, Inc. has recalled all enoki mushrooms imported from Korea, there have been reports that the associated Listeria outbreak has claimed four lives and hospitalised 30 people.
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FDA outlines leafy greens action plan and advances CBD research
The 2020 Leafy greens STEC Action Plan is designed to outline FDA's plans to protect the safety of leafy greens, and the agency has also released updates on its research efforts and plans to educate consumers about CBD products.
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FDA extends comment period on lab accreditation rule
The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on 4 November 2019, and comments were due by 3 March 2020. The comment period has now been extended until 6 April 2020.
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Episode Six: A conversation with the FDA
New Food hears from Caitlin Boon from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) about how they will deliver a safer and smarter era of food safety...
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Costco approved as first participant of FDA’s VQIP
VQIP is a voluntary fee-based programme that provides importers, who achieve and maintain control over the safety and security of their supply chains, expedited review and importation of human and animal foods into the US.
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FDA seeks comments on food standards of identity rule
While the original proposed rule was jointly published with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), the FDA is only seeking comments on the agency’s specific aspects of the proposed rule, including 13 general principles for food standards modernisation.
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Recall roundup: plant-based chicken, pork, salad, smoothies and more
Food and beverage products are recalled due to reasons ranging from contamination to incorrect labelling, and here is New Food’s roundup of the most recent cases.