During the 2020 biennial renewal period, FDA began requiring food facilities to include a unique facility identifier (UFI) on their registration. The required UFI must be a DUNS number obtained through third-party company Dun & Bradstreet. FDA extended this due...
After several decades, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will soon be required to update its regulation of cosmetic products following the amendment to Chapter VI of the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) as a part of the “Modernization of Cosmetics...
The Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA) Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) principles and practices started as a joint project between NASA and Pillsbury in the 1960s. The goal of HACCP was to ensure safe food for NASA’s astronaut program. Since...
The Biden administration has declared monkeypox to be a public health emergency in the United States. This is going to likely result in emergency use authorizations (EUAs) for medical products to diagnose and perhaps even reduce the symptoms related to the spreading...
On March 3, 2022, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) issued a guidance, “Initiation of Voluntary Recalls Under 21 CFR Part 7, Subpart C Guidance for Industry and FDA Staff,” to help companies prepare for voluntary recalls. Part 7 of Title 21 of the Code of...
Beginning July 24, 2022, consistent with 21 CFR 1.509(a), food importers will be required to ensure that their valid, 9-digit DUNS number is provided in the Entity Number field. As an Importer, what does this mean for you and your operation? Simply...
On Friday, June 24, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) denied an application to continue selling menthol and tobacco-flavored e-cigarette cartridges manufactured by Juul Labs Inc. FDA ordered the removal of these products from the market, citing these...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is getting closer to requiring manufacturers and distributors of dietary supplements to list their products on a public FDA electronic database. On Tuesday, June 14, 2022, the US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and...
Structure/function claims commonly appear on dietary supplement labeling, both as a marketing tool and as a means of conveying the benefits of the supplement. Structure/function claims are claims that describe the role of a nutrient or dietary ingredient intended to...
Earlier in June, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and Yumei Foods USA, Inc., announced a recall of over 9,000 pounds of processed Siluriformes imported from the People’s Republic of China. China is eligible to import raw...
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