In the final FSMA 204 Traceability Rule, FDA included provisions for updating of the Food Traceability List (FTL) to designate new foods on the list, for which enhanced traceability is required, and to remove foods from the list when appropriate....

Twenty states have adopted policies regulating PFAS in packaging and/or water, with even more having introduced PFAS-focused standards or regulations.  In total, 194 state policies have been adopted or introduced related to the phase out, with transparency or other accountability...

In a case of interesting timing, less than two weeks after FDA announced the approval of its Human Foods Program reorganization plan, the OIG announced its own recommendations for FDA improvements stemming from its audit of FDA’s infant formula oversight....

We have written before about FSVP being a serious issue, but it is clear that FDA is taking lack of compliance with FSVP very seriously. In December 2023, we wrote about the number of 483 citations issued by FDA during...

A year and a half after “reimagining” a newly unified FDA, the agency’s Human Foods Program has been approved by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), targeted for Fall 2024 implementation. How will it change the regulation of the...

Summer may not officially begin until June 20, but flies, ants and other summer pests don’t pay attention to the calendar. Rather, it is the warm temperatures, increased availability of food and water, and longer days that bring about new...

As of December 31, 2023, only three states and two territories had adopted the most recent version (2022) of the FDA Food Code. Following previous versions were 18 states using the 2017 Food Code, 14 states following the 2013 version,...

If you were given five guesses as to the top causes of food recalls anytime in the last, say, decade, it is likely that undeclared allergens and bacterial contamination would fall somewhere among those five. And if you listed these...

If you take away nothing else from FDA’s May 2, 2024, publication of the final rule on pre-harvest Agricultural water (ag water) (Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption Relating to Agricultural Water), know...

Salmonella illness levels have not really decreased over the last 20 years despite huge efforts by the regulatory agencies, especially USDA FSIS, to drive down Salmonella risks in poultry.  Although its prevalence has fallen in raw poultry, this has not...