FDA News Update

USDA Seeks Comments on Revisions to Food Container Standards

The USDA us propsing changes to the Standards for Condition of Food Containers (Title 7 Part 42), which sets out the standards for defects and…

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OMB Says Food Agency Merger Is Next

In its Friday edition, The Hagstrom Report said Office of Management and Budget Director for Management, Jeff Zients, said that if Congress grants Obama the…

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FDA New FSMA Rules Coming “Soon”

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Top 10 Device Observations in 2011 (Citations made in Form 483s)

The FDA increased the number of inspections in 2011 to a record level. This resulted in a new level of Form 483 Inspectional Observations issued…

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Top Food Observations in 2011 (Citations made in Form 483s)

Yesterday Food Court reported on the top ten observations made during a facility audit. Observations are the citations made in a Form 483 Insectional Observation,…

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BREAKING NEWS – FDA Breaks All-Time Record, Issuing 10,000 483s

There are reports that the FDA will surpass 10,000 483s (the citation given before a formal warning letter) in 2011 for the second time in…

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Fatty Foods Addictive Like Cocaine – What Would a Fatty Food Suit Look Like?

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Mobile Medical Apps (From Food Court foodct.com)

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China Law Blog Guest Post – United States Food Safety Reaching To China

I published a guest post on a colleague, Dan Harris’ blog – China Law Blog. An excerpt of the post is included below with a…

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Food Court: Food Safety Modernization Act – Prodcut Recall Manual

There are many important features for the food industry in the new Food Safety Modernization Act. The focus of this post is on the new…

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