FDA Releases Foods Program Priorities
The FDA has launched a new webpage listing food-related regulations that it plans to publish by October 2024 as well as longer-term regulations it is prioritizing for publication at a later date. The list includes 22 Foods Program regulations ranging from Certifications Concerning Imported Foods to Nutrient Content Claims and Amendments to Exemption Provisions in the Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption Regulation.
The three long-term action items relate to color and food additives.
The FDA also updated the list of guidance topics that it is considering and expects to publish by the end of 2024 to include five new guidances. They include:
- Notifying FDA of a Permanent Discontinuance in the Manufacture or an Interruption of the Manufacture of an Infant Formula; Draft Guidance for Industry
- Action Levels for Lead in Food Intended for Babies and Young Children: Guidance for Industry
- The Food Traceability Rule: Questions and Answers; Draft Guidance for Industry
- Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food; Chapter 12: Preventive Controls for Chemical Hazards: Draft Guidance for Industry
- Voluntary Sodium Reduction Goals: Target Mean and Upper Bound Concentrations for Sodium in Commercially Processed, Packaged, and Prepared Foods (Edition 2): Draft Guidance for Industry
Public comments on the list of guidance topics can be submitted to www.regulations.gov using Docket ID FDA-2022-D-2088.
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