On August 1, 2016, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published in the Federal Register the Domestic and Foreign Facility Reinspection, Recall and Importer Reinspection Fee Rates for Fiscal Year 2017. The fees are $221 per hour if domestic travel is required and $285 per hour if foreign travel is required. The fees are [...]
On July 14, 2016, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration published in the Federal Register the final rule on Amendments to Registration of Food Facilities (Final Rule). The Final Rule was issued to implement section 102 of the Food Safety Modernization Act and makes many significant changes to the food facility registration process. The Final [...]
On July 7th and 8th, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) held a public meeting on the final menu labeling regulation at the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) in College Park, MD. The meeting consisted of a series of presentations by FDA and public Q&A followed by private appointments with industry [...]
On May 27, 2016, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published the final Food Defense Rule pursuant to the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The rule requires certain U.S. and foreign facilities that process and pack food to write and implement a written food defense plan, including a vulnerability assessment. Please see this Lieberman [...]
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On May 13, 2016, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released draft guidance for industry on Qualified Facilities under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Preventive Controls Rules for Human and Animal Food (“Preventive Controls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 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 [...]
On April 16, Erik Lieberman of Lieberman PLLC conducted a webinar reviewing the final rule implementing the Sanitary Food Transportation Act. The final rule has been issued pursuant to the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The Rule will have significant impacts on shippers, carriers, loaders and receivers. The replay may be viewed here. For more [...]
