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FSIS Announces New Traceback and Recall Procedures for E. coli Positive Raw Beef Product

On August 13, 2014, the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture published in the Federal Register a notice announcing that it will implement new traceback procedures when FSIS or another Federal or State agency finds raw ground beef or bench trim presumptive positive for Escherichia coli O157:H7.  FSIS is [...]

FSIS Releases Notice Clarifying and Expanding Sampling Eligibility Criteria for Bench Trim and Beef Manufacturing Trimmings

On August 13, 2014, the Food Safety and Inspection Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture issued FSIS Notice 39-14 clarifying what product is to be sampled as beef manufacturing trimmings (under MT60 sampling code), and what product is to be sampled as bench trim (MT55).  The notice cancels Notice 81-13.  The notice also explains that product [...]

Gluten-Free Labeling Rule Goes Into Effect

Today, August 5, 2014, the Food and Drug Administration's gluten-free labeling rule went into effect.  Packaged foods labeled on or after today must comply with the requirements of the regulation.  Pursuant to the regulation, gluten-free foods must contain less than 20 parts per million (ppm) gluten.  Foods may be labeled “gluten-free” if they are inherently [...]

By |2016-10-30T01:15:07-04:00August 5th, 2014|Allergens, FDA, Food Labeling, Food Safety, Gluten, Ingredients, Regulations|0 Comments

FDA Announces FSMA Fees for Fiscal Year 2015

FDA is announcing the Domestic and Foreign Facility Reinspections, Failure to Comply with Recall Orders, and Certain Importer Reinspections User Fee Rates for Fiscal Year 2015.  The fees are $217 per hour if domestic travel is required and $305 per hour if foreign travel is required.  More information may be found in the FY 2015 Fee [...]

FSIS Releases Notice on On-going Foreign Equivalence Verifcation Audits

On July 25, 2014, the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture released a notice (35-14) to staff on on-going foreign equivalence verification audits.  The notice provides the International Audit Staff (IAS), Office of Investigations, Enforcement, and Audit (OIEA), and the International Equivalence Staff (IES), Office of Policy and Program [...]

By |2016-10-30T01:15:07-04:00July 25th, 2014|Food Safety, FSIS, Imports, Meat, USDA|0 Comments

Lieberman Moderates Food and Drug Law Institute GRAS Panel

On July  23, 2014, Erik Lieberman of Lieberman PLLC moderated a panel at an event sponsored by the Food and Drug Law Institute.  The event, entitled "Is the GRAS Process Broken?" explored the current functioning of the Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS) process for  substances in food and whether or not it is in need of modernization.  Lieberman moderated the [...]

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