On May 6, 2015, FDA released draft guidance relating to its authority under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) to order mandatory recalls for foods. Comments on the draft guidance should be submitted by July 6, 2015. For more information please see this regulatory alert summarizing the key points in the guidance. Please contact Erik [...]
On April 9, 2015, FDA published a proposed rule in the Federal Register (the “Proposed Rule”) to amend and update its existing regulation on food facility registration. The Proposed Rule would implement provisions of FSMA that require food facility reregistration and changes to the definition of retail food establishments. The Proposed Rule makes additional changes [...]
On March 19, 2015, Erik Lieberman of Lieberman PLLC hosted a webinar entitled FDA Menu Labeling: Are You Ready? The webinar provided the latest updates on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Final Menu Labeling Rule and reviewed the requirements of the regulation. Compliance with the Final Menu Labeling Regulation is required by December [...]
On March 19, 2015, Erik Lieberman of Lieberman PLLC hosted a webinar entitled FDA Menu Labeling: Are You Ready? The webinar provided the latest updates on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Final Menu Labeling Rule and reviewed the requirements of the regulation. The webinar covers such questions as: What kinds of items are [...]
On Thursday, March 19, 2015, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a Small Entity Compliance Guide for the Final Menu Labeling Regulation published on December 2014. The compliance guide is intended to assist small businesses. The guidance represents FDA’s current thinking on the Final Menu Labeling Rule. The guidance may be found here. [...]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that they will be holding a national meeting regarding the beginning of their implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The meeting will be held in Washington, DC, from April 23-24, 2015. More details on the meeting may be found here. Please contact Erik Lieberman [...]
On January 22, 2015, Erik Lieberman presented a webinar on the final regulation on vending machine labeling requirements published by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the Federal Register on December 1, 2014. The regulation requires businesses who own or operate 20 or more vending machines to provide calorie declarations for foods sold [...]
On December 1, 2014, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a final regulation in the Federal Register requiring businesses who own or operate 20 or more vending machines to provide calorie declarations for foods sold from the vending machines. Calorie declarations must be clear and conspicuous and be on the machine itself or [...]
On December 4, 2014, Erik Lieberman of Lieberman PLLC hosted a webinar reviewing the requirements of the final menu labeling regulation published by the Food and Drug Administration on December 1, 2014. The regulation has a very significant impact on restaurants and similar retail establishments including grocery stores and convenience stores. A replay of the [...]
Regulatory Alert: FDA Releases Final Menu Labeling Rule Restaurants, Supermarkets and Convenience Stores Must Comply with Broad New Regulation On November 25, 2014, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released the final Menu Labeling Rule (“Final Rule”) which requires restaurants, supermarkets, convenience stores and other establishments to conspicuously post calorie information and provide additional [...]
