The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is consulting with consumers and industry stakeholders on a proposed change to the way that wine blended in Canada is labelled. The Food and Drug Regulations currently require that the country of origin be declared and clearly indicated on wine label...

March 12, 2018: The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is requiring industry to implement measures at the manufacturing/processing level to reduce Salmonella to below detectable amounts in frozen raw breaded chicken products that are packaged for retail sale. Frozen raw breaded chicken pr...

Companies from McDonald’s to Walmart have recently flocked to cage-free eggs, fueling a national sales boom for a product many believe is more humane. But in Iowa, the country’s largest egg-producing state, there are fears that the trend has gone too far. And last week, lawmakers ...

WASHINGTON, March 12, 2018 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the decision to withdraw the Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices (OLPP) final rule published on January 19, 2017. The rule would have increased federal regulation of livestock and poultry for certifie...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture scrapped proposed rules on Monday that for the first time would have mandated specific space requirements for hens laying organic eggs and spelled out what it means for the birds to have access to the outdoors. The USDA determined it did ...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe’s drinks sector announced plans on Monday to inform consumers more about the energy content and ingredients in beer, wine and spirits in a self-policing move, but critics said much of this information would only be available online. Alcoholic beverages hav...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued today the 2017 edition of the Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards (Retail Program Standards), which define the key elements of an effective retail food regulatory program for state, local, tribal, and territorial food regulatory...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is inviting public comment in a Federal Register notice on a proposed determination that the European Union (EU) food safety control system for raw bivalve molluscan shellfish intended for export into the U.S. is equivalent to the U.S. system because it...

New digital technology that is increasingly used by food businesses to manage hygiene practices could soon also be used to help environmental health officers (EHO) monitor food businesses in real time, enabling them to detect food safety problems sooner and improve protection for the public. ...

The TGA has implemented a list of permitted indications for medicines listed under Section 26A of the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 (the Act). The list of permitted indications can be accessed via the Permissible Indications Determination(Determination) or via the TGA Business Services website(l...