The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently added 13 new substances 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) announced through two Federal Register notices published on Monday, March 16, 2015, that it has filed two Food Additive Petitions submitted by the Natural Resources Defense Council and eight other organizations requesting that the agency take action on the use of perchlorates and substances containing perfluoroalkyl ethyl in certain food-contact applications.
The implementing rules and regulations of Republic Act No. 10600, "An Act to Strengthen the Food Safety Regulatory System in the Country to Protect Consumer Health and Facilitate Market Access of Local Food and Food Products, and for Other Purposes," also known as the "Food Safety Act of 2013," were published in the Official Gazette on February 20, 2015.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently added seven new substances to its Inventory of Effective Food Contact Substances (FCS) Notifications. The newly listed substances and the manufacturers are listed below.
A November 2014 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on federal agency oversight of consumer product safety cited the dual jurisdiction by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) over some food-contact articles and equipment as an area for improvement. The report, Consumer Product Safety Oversight: Opportunities Exist to Strengthen Coordination and Increase Efficiencies and Effectiveness, was based on a GAO audit conducted from July 2013 to November 2014.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently added three new substances 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) recently added 15 new substances 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) recently added six new substances to its Inventory of Effective Food Contact Substances (FCS) Notifications. The newly listed substances and the manufacturers are listed below.
Submitters of new Food Contact Notifications for substances intended for use in infant formula packaging should carefully consider the toxicity profiles of potential migrants to food to determine whether additional safety data may be warranted for these applications, Dr. April P. Neal-Kluever, a toxicologist at the U.S. Food and Administration's (FDA) Division of Food Contact Notifications (DFCN) told attendees at Keller and Heckman's 15th Annual Food Packaging Seminar.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will not change how it handles pending Food-Contact Notifications (FCNs) in the event of another government shutdown. Speaking at Keller and Heckman's 15th annual Food Packaging Law Seminar on September 17, Dr. Thomas C. Zebovitz, a Consumer Safety Officer in FDA's Division of Food Contact Notifications (DFCN), discussed the 2013 government shutdown and the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) currently being developed on how to handle pending FCNs in the event of another government shutdown.