Orange-juice producers in Brazil, which supply about one in every six glasses drunk in the U.S., will stop using a fungicide that led shipments from the South American country to be detained, an industry group said. Carbendazim, a fungus killer banned in U.S. groves, will be removed from a list of chemicals approved by Brazil’s [...]
Q&A: Carbendazim and Orange Juice
January 26, 2012 By
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has received reports that low levels of the chemical carbendazim have been found in some orange juice products that contain imported orange juice concentrates. Carbendazim is a fungus-killing chemical used in Brazil and some other countries to preserve agricultural crops. Brazil provides about 11 percent of the orange juice [...]
Supplements Usage, Consumer Confidence at Highest Levels, According to CRN Annual Survey
November 14, 2011 By
U.S. consumers are not only using supplements more than ever before, they are also more confident than ever in the safety, quality, and efficacy of supplements. These results were presented as part of the Council for Responsible Nutrition’s (CRN; Washington, DC) 2011 annual Consumer Survey on Dietary Supplements, made public at CRN’s annual conference in [...]
Transporting Salmon Without Infections or Lice
November 14, 2011 By
For the past three years, scientists, engineers and operators in the farming industry have been developing the well-boat technology of the future. Here are some of the results. In the future, aquaculture will have to adapt to stringent standards of hygiene and infection control, say researchers, so they have developed a well-boat concept packed with [...]
FDA Seeks Comments on Criteria Changes for Detaining Imported Food, Including Supplements
November 14, 2011 By
FDA is seeking public comment on changes to criteria for detaining food at the point of import. Enacted in January of this year, the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) changed the administrative detention criteria originally bestowed on FDA by the Bioterrorism Act of 2002, which allowed the agency to “detain any article of food if, [...]
EPA Announces Pesticide Application Permitting Process
November 14, 2011 By
Illinois Fertilizer & Chemical Assn (IFCA) reports: U.S. EPA and Illinois EPA issued their General NPDES Permit for pesticide point source discharges on October 31, 2011 at which time the permit has become effective. A NPDES permit is required by operators who discharge biological or chemical pesticides, that leave a residue, to waters of the [...]
President Obama Issues Executive Order to Reduce Drug Shortages
November 14, 2011 By
In response to the increase in drug shortages over the past three years, President Obama issued an executive order on Oct. 31, 2011 that directs FDA to take the following steps to prevent and reduce drug shortages: Require manufacturers to provide advance notice of manufacturing discontinuities that are likely to lead to shortages Provide expedited [...]
FDA Establishes Two Centers for Regulatory Science
November 14, 2011 By
On Oct. 26, 2011, FDA dedicated $2 million to support two regional Centers of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation (CERSI). The centers, which will be located at the University of Maryland and at Georgetown University, will focus on the scientific knowledge and training needed to modernize and improve the ways the agency reviews and [...]
Chinese seafood exports to face more scrutiny?
October 21, 2011 By
Expect more food shipments from China to the United States to face examination and potentially detention as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration implements the new Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), according to Benjamin England, a 17-year FDA veteran and founder and CEO of FDAImports.com and ExportToUsa.com.cn. On Wednesday, England listed the three major challenges [...]
FDA Clarifies NDI Notification for Supplements vs Ingredients
October 20, 2011 By
