On May 24, 2016, Erik Lieberman of Lieberman PLLC was quoted in National Geographic on FDA's new final nutrition labeling regulations. Read the article here: http://ow.ly/HkAf300DLcx. For more information on nutrition labeling or other FDA or USDA matters please contact Erik Lieberman at erl1@liebermanpllc.com or 202.830.0300.
On Friday, May 20, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued final rules updating the Nutrition Facts Panel for packaged foods and serving size requirements. The new rules may be found here and here. Compliance is required by July 26, 2018. Small businesses with less than $10 million in annual food sales have an [...]
Lieberman PLLC has released an updated comprehensive timeline of U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) actions to implement the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) dated May 18, 2016. The timeline is available for download here. The timeline contains both past actions of FDA and future actions required of the Agency by FSMA. All of the major [...]
On May 13, 2016, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released draft guidance for industry on Qualified Facilities under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Preventive Controls Rules for Human and Animal Food (“Preventive Controls Rules”). Qualified Facilities enjoy less stringent regulatory obligations under the Preventive Controls Rules. Certain Qualified Facilities however are subject [...]
On May 9, 2016, the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture published a notice in the Federal Register addressing the dollar limitations on the amount of meat and meat food products, poultry, and poultry products that a retail store can sell to hotels, restaurants, and similar institutions without disqualifying [...]
On Friday, April 29, FDA released final guidance on the Final Menu Labeling Regulation. The guidance addresses a number of key questions the food industry posed to FDA and provides a number of insights into FDA’s views on compliance requirements. Please see this Lieberman PLLC Regulatory Alert which highlights some of the key points in [...]
