Cannabis
CBD: Food Ingredient, Dietary Supplement, or Drug?
By Eric Edmunds The basic definition of CBD is fairly clear: As the abbreviation for cannabidiol, CBD is a naturally occurring,…
March 26, 2019
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Is Your FDP Complete? FDA’s Updated IA Rule Guidance Can Help
With the first of the compliance dates for FSMA’s Intentional Adulteration (IA) Rule only four months away, FDA has released the second o…
March 21, 2019
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Will Your Foods Need to Be Labeled as BE?
In February’s “FSMA Friday and Regulatory Update” webinar, Eric Edmunds, JD, of The Acheson Group (TAG) discussed the National Bioenginee…
March 21, 2019
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Modernizing Dietary Supplement Oversight: Will FDA’s New Policies Impact You?
Although aspects of the eight-year-old Food Safety Modernization Act are still being rolled out, FDA has taken on a new modernization end…
March 14, 2019
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Is Selling Raw Pet Food Compatible with Current FDA Regulatory Strategy?
Since 2016, there have been more than 30 recalls of raw pet foods due to the potential or presence of microbiological contamination, prim…
March 7, 2019
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Romaine E. coli Outbreak Report Published – PSR Inspections Start Soon
FDA’s use of whole genome sequencing (WGS) was a significant factor in its late 2018 investigation of an E. coli outbreak tracked to roma…
February 28, 2019
Canada|Insights
When Do You Need to Comply with the SFCR Provisions?
As of January 15, 2019, the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SFCR) came into force. However, not all the provisions needed to be met …
February 27, 2019
Cannabis
How GFSI Applies to Cannabis Production
A dispensary in Florida has been touted as the first cannabis producer to become GFSI certified. What is GFSI? And why might you want to…
February 21, 2019
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A Harbinger of Food Tracing Regulation to Come?
It will come. It was mandated back in 2011 with the signing of the Food Safety Modernization Act; and FDA contracted out a tracking pilot…
February 21, 2019
