Defining “healthy foods” has been a hot topic for years, and while consumers generally want to consume foods that are healthy, trying to put precise definitions on what is healthy is a challenge. The implication that if a food is...

While renowned chefs consider salt to be “what perks up our dishes and makes us go back for seconds,” FDA is seeking to put some limits on the “perkiness” that the food industry includes in processed foods. FDA focus on...

PFAS, and other chemicals, continue to face research and regulatory scrutiny around the globe, with new proposed regulations, restrictions, and bans arising on a regular basis. Over the last several years, concerns around PFAS, heavy metals and other chemicals have...

Infant formula is, once again, stirring controversy in the food industry, and it is raising issues of which the entire industry should be aware. It began with a letter from FDA to the infant formula segment sharing information “with the...

It’s budgeting time again for the federal government, and FDA has set out its request for increased monies to fund its “ever growing and more complex” responsibilities. While the medical side of FDA still takes a larger chunk of the...

Last week, USDA proposed a new rule that would limit the use of a label claim that a food is a “Product of USA” or “Made in the USA” to be used on meat, poultry, and egg products only when...

With FDA’s release of its priority guidance topics for the Foods Program for the next 12 months, we see the agency as tipping its hand to its overall priorities for the year. To wit: of the 18 food-related guidances on...

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-regulated products that are imported into the U.S. must comply with the same laws and regulations that apply to domestic products. When products are found to not be in compliance, they will be refused entry...

The February 3 derailment of a Norfolk Southern Railway freight train transporting hazardous materials carries a lesson for all food manufacturing facilities, not just those in the East Palestine, Ohio, area where about 50 train cars derailed causing a toxic...

Continuing its Closer to Zero quest, the FDA’s new draft guidance on lead in foods for babies and young children sets reduced action levels for which the food will be considered adulterated. A key aspect of this guidance is FDA’s...