AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of vitamin D3 as a nutrient supplement in breakfast cereals and grain-based bars ( e.g., breakfast bars, gra...

December 28, 2022 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today issued the2022 edition of the FDA Food Code, which provides guidance to state and local authorities and retailers to help mitigate foodborne illness risks at retail and provide a uniform set of national standards for retail food sa...

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2022/2503 of 19 December 2022 amending and correcting Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/627 as regards practical arrangements for the performance of official controls in live bivalve molluscs, fishery products, or related to UV-radiation (Text with EEA rele...

News release Final regulatory amendments are now in force December 9, 2022 | Ottawa, ON | Health Canada Today, Health Canada announced that amendments to the Cannabis Act and its regulations concerning cannabis research and testing, and cannabis beverages have been approved and are ...

In July, I commissioned an external evaluation of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Human Foods Program, including the Office of Food Policy and Response (OFPR), the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), as well as relevant parts of the Office of Regulatory Affairs (ORA)....

Constituent Update - November 10, 2022 Deadline Extended to Comment on NACMCF Document As announced in the November 4, 2022,Constituent Update,the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF) will hold a virtual public meeting on November 15 where they w...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issuedrevised food safety standardsfor state regulatory programs that oversee food facilities that manufacture, process, pack, or hold foods. These regulatory program standards, known as the Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards (MFRPS), were ...

Today the Commission is proposingstronger rules on ambient air, surface and groundwater pollutants, andtreatment of urban wastewater. Clean air and water are essential for the health of people and ecosystems. Air pollution alone means nearly 300,000 Europeans die prematurely each year, and the propo...

Summary Adverse event reports submitted to the TGA suggest there is a lack of awareness that vitamin B6, which is present in many multivitamin and mineral supplements, can cause peripheral neuropathy. In response, the TGA has strengthened labelling requirements so products containing daily dose...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is taking further action to help prevent outbreaks of foodborne illnesses associated with certain foods through the development of food safety prevention strategies. When a foodborne illness outbreak occurs, the FDA, through its Coordinated Outbreak Respo...