USDA and FDA sign MoU for export of dairy products from US
USA – The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and The United States Food and…
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USA Food and Drug Administration finalizes plans to resume trade in shellfish with Spain and Netherlands
USA – U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has finalized a molluscan shellfish equivalence determination…
Ghana’s Food and Drugs Authority partners NBSSI to support growth of MSMEs
GHANA – The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) and the National Board for Small Scale Industries…
FDA adds verification feature to certain export certificates for food products
USA – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced improvements to the functionality…
COVID-19 update: FDA provides best practices for re-opening retail food businesses
USA – The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is providing a food safety re-opening checklist…
There is no evidence that food is a source or transmission route of Coronavirus, says EFSA
EUROPE – Based on experience from previous outbreaks of related coronaviruses, the European Food Safety…
FDA launches campaign to increase awareness of the new nutrition facts label
USA – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has launched a new education campaign…
New initiative launches to increase understanding of genetically engineered foods
USA – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in partnership with the U.S. Environmental…
Costco approved as first participant in FSMA Voluntary Qualified Importer Program
USA – The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Costco Wholesale Corporation…
FDA reopens comment period related to food standards of identity modernization
USA – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reopening the comment period on…
FDA approves first drug for treatment of peanut allergy for children
USA – Peanut allergy, a condition in which the body’s immune system mistakenly identifies even…
Ghana FDA orders recall of 16 tomato paste brands over adulteration
GHANA – The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) of Ghana has ordered the immediate withdrawal…
Barry Callebaut gets FDA’s approval to market ruby as chocolate in the US
USA – Barry Callebaut has been granted a Temporary Marketing Permit (TMP) by the US Food…
Vietnamese yellowfin tuna supplier to recall products linked to scombrotoxin fish poisoning
USA – Truong Phu Xanh, a Vietnamese firm supplying yellowfin tuna fish is to initiate…
Rwanda, Uganda ban seven suspended Kenyan peanut butter brands
EAST AFRICA – In the wake of suspension of seven peanut butter brands from the…
USDA, EPA and FDA announce new partnership with the Food Waste Reduction Alliance
USA – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and…
FDA Rwanda proposes fortification of locally processed foods
RWANDA – The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) of Rwanda has put forth new regulatory…
FDA approves use of genetically modified cotton as human food source
USA – The US Food and Drug Administration has green-lighted the use of a genetically…
FDA launches new tool to help monitor food safety system
USA – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has launched a Food Safety Dashboard…
FDA launches updated Food Defense Plan Builder to control food adulteration
USA – The US Food and Drug Administration has launched an updated version of the…
FDA plans stakeholder engagement to discuss the ‘New Era of Smarter Food Safety’
USA – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that it will hold…
FDA announces corporate agreement to implement produce safety rule
USA – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Association of State…
FDA approves soy leghemoglobin as color additive in beef analog products
USA – The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved soy leghemoglobin as a…
FDA investigates Salmonella outbreak linked to Papayas from Mexico
USA – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in collaboration other partners are investigating…