Federal Register Food and Drug Administration Rules New Animal Drugs: Approval of New Animal Drug Applications; Withdrawal of Approval of New Animal Drug Applications; Changes of Sponsorship Filed on: 03/12/2019 at 8:45 am Scheduled Pub. Date: 03/13/2019 FR Document: 2019-04226 PDF 45 Pages (295 KB) Permalink Withdrawal of Approval of New Animal Drug Application Filed on: 03/12/2019 at 8:45 […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) launched modular training on information sharing for state and local regulatory and public health officials. This new training will be conducted using the Office of Regulatory Affairs’ (ORA) existing training platform, Pathlore Learning Management System (LMS). The intent of the training is to improve the understanding of state […]
This session will introduce emerging issues pertaining to the commercialization and regulation of Cell-Cultured products derived from meats, seafood or poultry. Included is an overview of the production process of cell-cultured proteins, labeling of the new products as well as other regulatory issues of this new poultry and meat-based protein products. These products are on […]
The Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO) will apply for a scientific conference grant from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The purpose of the award is to provide scholarships to state and local food & drug regulatory personnel to attend the 2020 AFDO Annual Educational Conference (AEC). This year’s AEC is being held […]
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition Constituent UpdateFDA Issues Uniform Compliance Date, Technical Amendments on Nutrition and Supplement Facts Labeling RulesDecember 19, 2018The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today that January 1, 2022, will be the uniform compliance date for final food labeling regulations that are issued in calendar years 2019 and […]
As we continue to implement our 2018 Compounding Priorities Plan, our mission is to preserve patient access to compounded drugs to meet patients’ individual medical needs while also protecting patients from the risks of contaminated or otherwise harmful products. We’re especially focused on the importance of ensuring compounded product quality. Through enforcement actions, we’ve been addressing […]
Brooke Benschoter, APR, MS is supporting AFDO and its mission as the Director of Communications. She has been working with our programs including the launch of the videocast/webcast program in September and many of you met her at the annual conference in June. Benschoter started her career in broadcast journalism as a reporter, producer, and […]
On October 23rd and 24th, a joint USDA/FDA meeting was held at the U.S. Department of Agriculture Building in Washington DC to provide a public forum to discuss regulatory concerns and to comment on the new technology of Cell Culture products derived from Livestock and Poultry. Discussed were potential hazards, oversight considerations and labeling on products […]
The AFDOSS 2018 AEC was held in Gatlinburg, Tenn., Sept. 9-12, see photos here. The AFDOSS Board welcomes Matthew Coleman (FL) as Jr. Board Member this year. A new secretary position was added, and we are excited to welcome Jon Wheeler (SC) as our interim Secretary until the next election in 2019. Meet the entire AFDOSS Board here. Each year, AFDOSS […]
November 2, 2018 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued one draft and one final guidance on various topics related to the two final rules updating the Nutrition Facts label. The first guidance, which is draft, “Food Labeling: Serving Sizes of Foods That Can Reasonably Be Consumed At One Eating Occasion, Reference Amounts Customarily […]