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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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Key Takeaways from the 2022 FDA Food Code

Modern Restaurant Management

In the waning days of 2022, FDA issued an updated Food Code with several important updates. FDA is responsible for more than a quarter of the U.S. Generally speaking, FDA continues to leave a wide range of discretion to food service providers. economy, and the Food Code impacts virtually every American. goes uneaten.

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FDA Proposes Requiring At-a-Glance Nutrition Information on the Front of Packaged Foods

Food Safety Tech

Food and Drug Administration is announcing an important step to provide nutrition information to consumers by proposing to require a front-of-package (FOP) nutrition label for most packaged foods. The post FDA Proposes Requiring At-a-Glance Nutrition Information on the Front of Packaged Foods appeared first on FoodSafetyTech.

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Elevated Lead Levels in Cinnamon prompt FDA Warning and Recalls

Bill Marler

Through product testing, the FDA has determined that the ground cinnamon products listed in the table below contain elevated levels of lead and that prolonged exposure to these products may be unsafe. The FDA is advising consumers to throw away and not to buy these ground cinnamon products. What is the problem?

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

Bill Marler

There is an ongoing need for coordination of outbreak response within the FDA and with other federal and state agencies that touch on food safety.There is clearly an ongoing need to more effectively coordinated the multiple acronyms that make up governmental food safety responses at the federal, state, and local levels.

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Reagan-Udall Expert Panel demands bold Cultural, Structural and Financial change to FDA

Bill Marler

Now the question is will Congress and the FDA Commissioner take the recommendations to heart? Most FDA employees understand the immense responsibility of the Agency’s Human Foods Program, appreciate the importance of their work, and share a common value of striving to protect public health. From a read of the report, I think they did.

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Nutrition Bars Recalled for Undeclared Milk After 11 Suffer Allergic Reactions

Penn State Food Safety Blog

based in Oakmont, PA is recalling select lots of NuGo Dark Chocolate Chip and Dark Chocolate Pretzel nutrition bars because they may contain undeclared milk. Brand Name: NuGo Product Description: NuGo Dark Chocolate Chip Nutrition Bar and NuGo Dark Pretzel Chocolate Nutrition Bar Company Announcement FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Jan 10, 2025.