50 People at FDA Oversee the Entire Cosmetics Industry? Believe it
The FDA has “a total of about 50 full time equivalents to regulate a very large and growing industry,” said Michael Landa, Director of the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition at the FDA in a statement made during a Senate hearing on the safety of cosmetics a...
Beijing Tightens Food Safety Control With Lifetime Ban for Violators
Beijing has announced plans to ban people convicted of food safety crimes from investing in and operating related businesses for the rest of their lives. According to the new draft amendment to Beijing Food Safety regulations, companies whose lack of food safety...
FDA Struggles To Be Both Fast and Right, Will it Ever be Both?
As the FDA launches its pilot program related to tracking high-risk foods, we are once again reminded of the ongoing difficulties FDA experiences when it comes to choosing between acting quickly and acting thoughtfully. Think back to 2011’s food safety crises...
FDA’s 2013 Budget is a User Fee Buffet- Grab a Plate
FDA’s quest for an increased budget and resources continues, as evidenced by its recently released FY 2013 Budget request. As FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg noted in her statement before the Committee on Appropriations, FDA believes that it’s bridging the gap...
FDAImports.com Succeeds: First FDA Green Ticket Exemption from Melamine Import Alert #99-29 for Food from China
FDAImports.com recently helped a Chinese company obtain the first Green Ticket from FDA Import Alert #99-29, a sweeping and unshakeable Import Alert for Chinese protein products due to the presence of Melamine and/or Melamine Analogs. This Import Alert traces back to...
FDAImports.com Gets Company off Import Alert #36-04, Honey and Syrup With Fluoroquinolones
FDAImports.com recently achieved another Import Alert success for one of its clients, this time for FDA Import Alert #36-04, "Detention Without Physical Examination of Honey and Blended Syrup Due to Presence of Fluoroquinolones." FDA implemented this Import Alert...
Ben England in FDLI Update Magazine: Food Week Presentation on Quality Systems and FSMA
FDAImports.com Founder and CEO, Benjamin England, was featured in this month’s FDLI Update for his presentation during Food Week 2012 entitled, “How to Use Existing Quality Systems to Comply with FSMA Requirements.” Mr. England co-presented at the Food and Drug Law...
Overheard: The Best (and Worst) From Congressional Hearing on Cosmetic Safety
Below are some of our favorite quotes and exchanges from last week’s Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health hearing, “Examining the Current State of Cosmetics.” If you haven’t read our first blog about it please read that here. What follows below are some of the...
Cosmetics Back on the Chopping Block? FDA Wants User Fees, Cosmetic Registration in Light of Safety Fears
Last week the U. S. House of Representatives, Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, held a hearing entitled, “Examining the Current State of Cosmetics,” the first of its kind in decades, featuring panel testimonies and inquiry related to the overall safety of...
BPA Safe After All? Too Late Now, Thanks to FDA’s Slow Testing
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced last week that it will not ban BPA, the on-again off-again controversial chemical used in a variety of food packaging applications. This announcement from FDA is the most recent in a long string of protests, promises,...