FDA Retains Regulatory Flexibility to Offset Continued Supply Chain Disruptions
With supply chain issues having been one of the greatest challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, regulators have made attempts to ease some of the regulatory
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Looking Past the Pandemic to Resolve Challenges
Since the first year of the pandemic, supply issues have plagued the world, impacting the food industry as much as any other. Although labor challenges
Will Your Natural Label Pass CFIA Inspection?
In late 2021, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency published a document on food label claims, including when a food can be described as “natural.” Interestingly,
Is Your Facility Qualified for PC Rule Exemptions?
Since 2018, FDA has allowed for FSMA Preventive Controls exemptions for qualified facilities through the submission of an attestation of qualification. With the exemptions applying
2022: Hold on to Your Hat: Squalls Ahead
As we discussed in last week’s Insights article, 2021 was a highly challenging year on all fronts for the food industry … and with the
TAG Looks Back at 2021
Continuing TAG’s tradition of assessing the previous year at the turn of the new year, this article provides a look at the top-read TAG Insights
Letter from TAG’s President
As 2021 winds down and carries us into 2022, I’d like to take this opportunity to let you know how much TAG appreciates your ongoing
A TAG Analysis of 15 Years of Recall Events
On January 13, 2009, the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) announced a recall of some lots of peanut butter for potential Salmonella contamination. Through a
Judicious Transition from Gestation Crates Beneficial to Producer as well as Sows
Pork producers are facing increasing trends and regulations limiting, or banning, the use of gestational crates. The most current regulation is that of California’s Prop
What the Proposed Ag Water Requirements Mean for Growers
Six years after FDA’s publication of FSMA’s Produce Safety Rule, the agency has published the long-awaited proposed rule revising the pre-harvest agricultural water requirements for
