The agency, in hoping to reduce waste, suggests new phrasing for food packaging. It’s official: date labels on food don’t quite represent the peril that people think. For years, foodmakers have put sell-by and use-by dates on a number of products. But some food experts and environmentalists have argued that people are throwing out perfectly […]
Inulin companies Beneo, Cosucra Groupe Warcoing S.A. and Sensus B.V. submitted a citizen petition on Sept. 12 that asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to include inulin-type fructans in a new dietary fiber definition. Several food and beverage companies promote inulin from chicory root as fiber, including General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, in its Fiber […]
El jefe de Seguridad de los Consumidores de la agencia de sanidad estadunidense FDA, Robert I. Merker, aseguró que “no existe evidencia creíble de que los productos transgénicos puedan causar daño a la salud humana”. El funcionario de la Food and Drug Administration (FDA) destacó que dicha agencia sanitaria no aprueba algún alimento si no […]
When we were drafting and seeking public comment on the rules that will implement the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), we promised that we would do whatever we could to help the regulated industry understand and meet the new requirements. We meant what we said about “educating before and while we regulate,” since these […]
