Save the date for Keller and Heckman’s annual program, Navigating TSCA: Basics and Beyond 2024, taking place November 14-15, 2024, in Arlington, VA. This comprehensive course will provide chemical manufacturers, importers, and processors with essential, in-depth information on “core” TSCA requirements and implementation of the many changes resulting from the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (TSCA reform).
Save the date for Keller and Heckman’s 25th Annual Food Packaging Law Seminar and Sustainability Day program taking place October 22-24, 2024, in Arlington, VA! This seminar is a must-attend for regulatory, scientific, and legal professionals to keep up-to-date on the latest developments impacting the food-contact industry. Registration for this program will launch in early June 2024. If you are not currently on our mailing list, be sure to join by following the link here.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) most recent update of its Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulation Actions was published on January 25, 2024. The latest version of the Unified Agenda gives a target date of April 2024, for publishing a rule to amend the food additive regulations to allow a Food Contact Substance Notification (FCN) to become no longer effective for reasons other than safety.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently added one new substance to its Inventory of Effective Food Contact Substances (FCS) Notifications. The newly listed substances and the manufacturers are listed below.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a notice of filing for a food additive petition that proposes amending certain food additive regulations to remove four solvents: benzene, ethylene dichloride, methylene chloride, and trichloroethylene. The food additive petition was submitted by the Environmental Health Defense Fund, the Breast Cancer Prevention Partners, the Center for Environmental Health, the Environmental Working Group, and Lisa Lefferts.
The petition proposes that FDA amend the following regulations to remove the use of the four specified solvents:
CalRecycle released on December 28, the SB 343 Preliminary Findings Report for material types and forms that routinely become feedstock in the production of new products and packaging.
U.S. Senate bill S. 3387, “Ensuring Safe and Toxic-Free Foods Act of 2023,” would prohibit independent Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) designations and create an Office of Food Chemical Safety, Dietary Supplements, and Innovation. The bill was introduced by Senators Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) on December 4, 2023.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) recently released final guidance, titled, “Registration and Listing of Cosmetic Product Facilities and Products,” provides information to be included with registration and listing submissions required under the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act of 2022 (MoCRA).
On October 27, 2023, California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) issued a Proposed Rulemaking to amend the warning requirements under Proposition 65 (otherwise known as the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986). The proposal, if enacted, would revise both the standard long-form and short-form warning requirements, as well as the warning requirements for products purchased from the internet or from catalogs. More information on the prop