Highlights:
- The new FDA Nutrition Facts Panel deadline is January 1st, 2020 for food manufacturers with $10 million or more in annual sales
- Manufacturers with less than $10 million in annual sales have an additional year to comply
- The FDA has updated its list of required nutrients, reference amounts for serving sizes, and the daily values
- Added Sugars and Dietary Fiber values will require additional consideration, and cannot always be determined analytically
- Don’t delay! Label printing will likely come before the FDA deadline
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Did you miss out on AOAC 2019? Have no fear! Check out our poster sessions below.
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Highlights:
- Food labeling claims and food safety issues are responsible for the majority of lawsuits against food companies
- ‘Natural’ labeling claims, foodborne illnesses, and chemical hazards have triggered several lawsuits this year
- FDA is required to publish a highly anticipated and potentially controversial proposed rule to define high-risk foods
- There is an upward trend in the annual number of 60-day notices associated with food products for Proposition 65
- Lawsuits were filed this year to push the FDA to finalize specific FSMA regulations
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Highlights:
- CDC investigating a multistate outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes linked to cooked diced chicken meat
- The unique facts on L. monocytogenes around temperature, growth conditions, lethality, high-risk populations, mortality rates, and monitoring
- Government oversight continues to evolve with the release of a new guidance document
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