A trio of food safety and environmental advocacy groups Thursday filed suit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, saying the agency has not sufficiently proven that ractopamine, a drug fed to pigs, cattle and
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Spent Grains From Brewing Process Get FSMA Reprieve
Brewers are pleased with the revised rules of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) published last week because their spent grains are now clearly exempted. The byproduct of the brewing process that remains after the
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FDA Releases Four Revised FSMA Rules
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration published its revised provisions to four of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) on Friday morning. Certain aspects of the rules for produce safety, preventive controls for human food,
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FDA’s Taylor Responds to Spent Grain Concerns and FSMA
Michael Taylor, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s deputy commissioner for foods and veterinary medicine, is trying to calm fears over the fate of human food byproducts – particularly spent grains from breweries – going
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Why Brewers Worry About FSMA
Spent grains have made a lot of headlines in the past couple of weeks. The byproduct of the brewing process that remains after the mashing and lautering stages is commonly sold or given to farmers
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Industry Groups Say ‘Massive Overhaul’ of Animal Food Regs Still Needs Work
The deadline passed Monday for comments to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on the preventive controls for animal food rule issued under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), and the American Feed Industry Association
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Grain and Feed Industry Asks for FSMA Rule Comment Extensions
Now that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will no longer be held to deadlines for FSMA rule comment periods, industry groups are asking for more time to give their input on certain regulations. The
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NRDC Analysis of FDA Documents Finds Livestock Antibiotics ‘High Risk’ to Humans
According to a safety review conducted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, penicillin and tetracycline antibiotic feed additives approved for “nontherapeutic use” do not meet the agency’s current safety standards. In a Natural Resources
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Pet Food Safety: Public Reactions to FSMA Animal Food Rule
In late November and early December, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration held three public meetings in the Washington, D.C., area, Chicago, IL, and Sacramento, CA, to discuss the animal food preventive controls rule under
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Pet Food Safety: What Changes Will FSMA Make?
In late October, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration released its proposed rule on preventive controls for pet food and animal feed under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The rule is a major attempt
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