The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released a final industry guidance on the Voluntary Qualified Importer Program (VQIP).
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is extending the compliance dates for verification activities for food-contact substances (FCSs), such as packaging materials, under the Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) regulation by two years. FDA made the announcement on August 24, 2016, in a final rule (81 Fed. Reg. 57,784) that extends and clarifies the compliance dates for certain provisions in four of the foundational rules implementing the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).
The German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) recently published information about epoxide resin coatings of cans that contain Cyclo-di-BADGE (CdB) and are used for oil-containing foods. BfR found that oily foods in cans can contain levels of CdB that present a possible health risk for people who consume above average amounts of the oily foods tested and are loyal to specific brands. This conclusion is based on a health risk assessment in which BfR analyzed data on the CdB content of canned fish preserved in oil.
On May 27, 2016, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued its final rule to implement the intentional adulteration provisions in Sections 418, 419, and 420 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act), each of which was created by the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). (See 81 Fed. Reg. 34166 (May 27, 2016).) The final rule is titled Focused Mitigation Strategies to Protect Food Against Intentional Adulteration. This final rule creates Part 121 of Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.).
- Remove potassium perchlorate as a permitted additive in sealing gaskets for food containers in 21 C.F.R. Part 177.1210;
- Revoke the 2005 "Threshold of Regulation" (TOR) exemption No.