As I noted in my post on FDA’s approval of AquaAdvantage, the labelling of foods is a major hot-button issue in the current controversy over genetic engineering technologies and our food system. The week before the FDA’s salmon action, the agency issued a Federal Register notice requesting comments on the use of the term natural …
Would the horsemeat incident be an EMA violation? Would it be regulated by FDA? TBD. Earlier today FDA released their updated Proposed Rule on “Current Good Manufacturing Practice and Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food” – this includes their direction on Economically Motivated Adulteration (EMA). EMA is a subcategory of Food Fraud. …
We seek opportunities to comment – especially early in the development stages – on government and agency activities. The main way the US government communicates its activities is through Federal Register notices. There was a recent notice of public meetings and a request for comments on Presidential Task Force on Combating Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated …
The European Commission final report on Food Fraud was adopted back in January 2014. A 58-0 committee vote supported the broad definition of Food Fraud and an emphasis on prevention. The member states are beginning to implement countermeasures. EU Food Fraud Report (http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&reference=A7-2013-0434&language=EN ) (The European Union [EU] (http://europa.eu/about-eu/index_en.htm) is a partnership of 28 member states across …