The FDA introduced a revised Food Code featuring a number of essential changes at the end of last year. With jurisdiction over more than 25 percent of the U.S. economy, the FDA guarantees that the
Continue Reading The FDA food code for 2023 and it’s significance for businessesGuest Opinion
Letter to the Editor: ‘Dirty Dozen’ requires a second look
Dear Editor,
I saw your story regarding the “Dirty Dozen” list and would appreciate your consideration of updating your content to include some additional facts and information for your readers so there is a balanced…
Continue Reading Letter to the Editor: ‘Dirty Dozen’ requires a second lookLetter to the Editor: Food safety cannot wait — infant formula letter important to industry
From: Susan Mayne, Director of FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
I am writing in response to the opinion piece published on March 13, 2023, titled “Be Best or Be Better…
Continue Reading Letter to the Editor: Food safety cannot wait — infant formula letter important to industryProcessed foods are making us sick: It’s time for the FDA and USDA to step in
— OPINION —
Editor’s note: This article was first published by Harvard Public Health magazine and is reprinted here with permission.
By Jerold Mande
Federal food law is clear: It bans “any poisonous or deleterious…
Continue Reading Processed foods are making us sick: It’s time for the FDA and USDA to step inIt’s time for a Department of Food and Nutrition
— OPINION —
By Richard Smoley
The failures of the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have been in plain view since at least early 2022.
At that point the public saw the FDA’s scandalous…
Continue Reading It’s time for a Department of Food and NutritionCoalition has many questions about how FDA Commissioner will protect consumers with new organizational chart
— OPINION —
Dear Dr. Califf, FDA Commissioner
February 6, 2023
As a broad coalition of FDA stakeholders, including industry and consumer groups and state food regulators, we appreciate the attention you have given to the…
Continue Reading Coalition has many questions about how FDA Commissioner will protect consumers with new organizational chartA new day: IFT weighs in on the future of the FDA
— OPINION —
By Bryan Hitchcock
At the request of U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf, the Reagan-Udall Foundation for the FDA (FDA Foundation) launched an external evaluation of the FDA’s Human…
Continue Reading A new day: IFT weighs in on the future of the FDA30 years of food safety standouts
Editor’s note: This column and profiles of the 16 food safety champions (four not pictured above) was originally published by Quality Assurance magazine. It is reprinted here with permission. To read profiles of the individual…
Continue Reading 30 years of food safety standoutsFDA’s Traceability Rule: What are the next steps for the agency and industry
— OPINION —
By Sharon Lindan Mayl
The Food and Drug Administration has issued many of its foundational rules in the 12 years since the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was passed, but the agency’s…
Continue Reading FDA’s Traceability Rule: What are the next steps for the agency and industry2023 is the year for MCOOL
This is R-CALF USA’s weekly opinion/commentary that describes a letter to Congress sent by 50 diverse organizations and provides a list of reasons MCOOL is valuable to Americans. It is available in three formats: written, …
Continue Reading 2023 is the year for MCOOL