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FDA Relaxes Nutrition Facts and Menu Labeling Requirements for Restaurants and Food Manufacturers During COVID-19 Emergency

Modern Restaurant Management

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued two temporary food labeling guidance documents that attempt to balance industry supply and demand during the novel coronavirus pandemic. allergen information required by the Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act.

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It’s Not You, It’s Me: Navigating Americans’ Food & Nutrition Trust Issues

FoodInsight

One of the starkest findings from the latest IFIC Spotlight Survey, “Americans’ Trust In Food & Nutrition Science,” is that less than four in 10 Americans say they strongly trust science about food, nutrition, and/or diet. If food and nutrition information is not trusted, it is unlikely to be considered or acted upon.

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FAO/WHO Report Shows Lower Levels of Contaminants in Farmed Seafood Than Wild-Caught

Food Safety Magazine

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and World Health Organization (WHO) recently published a new document that weighs the food safety risks against the nutritional benefits of fish consumption.

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Product Specification: The Most Important Document in Food Manufacturing

The Food Law Firm

A specification, also known as a “spec,” is a detailed document outlining the specific requirements and standards that a supplier must meet to provide raw materials, ingredients, or copacked products to a buyer. Objective language should always be used throughout the document.

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Back to the ?Grind? ? Restaurant Reopening Guidelines and PPP Update

Modern Restaurant Management

The documents released today will help small businesses seek forgiveness at the conclusion of the eight week covered period, which begins with the disbursement of their loans. Addition of a new exemption from the loan forgiveness reduction for borrowers who have made a good-faith, written offer to rehire workers that was declined.

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Product Specifications: The Critical Document for a Food Business

The Food Law Firm

The “product specification” is the most critical document to a food business. A specification, also known as a “spec,” is a detailed document outlining the specific requirements and standards that a supplier must meet to provide raw materials, ingredients, or copacked products to a buyer.

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FDA: An Independent Review of FDA’s Foodborne Outbreak Response Processes

Bill Marler

FDA established the Coordinated Outbreak Response and Evaluation (CORE) Network to coordinate its outbreak response efforts with subject matter experts from the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), the Office of Regulatory Affairs (ORA) and Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC).

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