Small Entity Compliance Guides on CGMP and Preventive Controls Final Rules for Human Food and Food for Animals

October 31, 2016

FDA has issued two Small Entity Compliance Guides (SECG) to enable domestic and foreign food facilities to better understand and...

FDA

Draft FSMA Guidance for Industry: Describing a Hazard that Needs Control because Permissibly Not Controlled Upstream

October 28, 2016

FDA has made available for comment a draft guidance for industry that sets forth its current thinking about compliance with...

Public Policy

Hillary on Agriculture

October 26, 2016

By Marshall Matz, as published in Agri-Pulse While agriculture, like many other issues, has been overshadowed in the presidential campaign...

Public Policy

D.C. Circuit Orders OSHA to Follow Notice and Comment Requirements When Imposing New Standards on Agricultural Retailers

October 25, 2016

A fundamental principle of administrative law is that federal agencies must provide the public with reasonable notice and the opportunity...

Public Policy

John Block: This and That

October 24, 2016

By former USDA Secretary John R. Block I will cover a list of issues today. I am encouraged to note...

Public Policy

Borlaug’s Dream is Within Reach in Africa

October 21, 2016

By Marshall Matz, as published in The Des Moines Register Norman Borlaug, the father of the World Food Prize and...

OFW Law News

OFW Founder Rick Frank Named Best Lawyers® Washington DC Health Care Lawyer of the Year

October 20, 2016

Five OFW Law Attorneys Named to 2017 Best Lawyers in America for FDA Law One of OFW Law’s Founding Principals,...

Public Policy

John Block: Ag Industry United

October 19, 2016

By former USDA Secretary John R. Block In these times of low farm prices, it is encouraging to see farm...

FDA

CDRH Proposes Submission Requirements of Labeling for Certain Home-Use Devices

October 17, 2016

Today, FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health published a proposed rule that would require manufacturers to electronically submit the...

FDA

FDA Revises Food Product Categories for Food Facility Registrations

September 28, 2016

FDA has issued a revised guidance that explains the necessity of having food product categories in food facility registrations submitted...

FDA

“Healthy” Regulatory Definition To Be Revised?

September 28, 2016

FDA has defined the term, “healthy” (and related terms, including “health,” “healthful,” “healthfully,” “healthfulness,” “healthier,” “healthiest,” “healthily,” and “healthiness”), when...

Public Policy

The Bridger-Teton National Forest

September 12, 2016

By Marshall Matz, as published in Agri-Pulse For almost thirty years, August has meant returning to Jackson, Wyoming, the Grand...

OFW Law News

Dr. Betsy Booren Joins OFW Law as Senior Policy Advisor

September 6, 2016

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Betsy L. Booren, who specializes in food safety policy development and analysis, has...

USDA

John Block: Labor Day and Tough Times

September 2, 2016

By former USDA Secretary John R. Block My agenda for this post will be Labor Day and Tough Times. I...

FDA

Aspartame Potentially Subject to Prop 65 Listing

September 1, 2016

The Carcinogen Identification Committee (CIC) – California’s qualified experts on carcinogenicity for purposes of Proposition 65 (Prop 65)) – pursuant...

FDA

FDA Extends Comment Periods on “Voluntary” Sodium Reduction Goals for Foods

August 31, 2016

FDA has published Federal Register notice of an extension of the comment periods for issues pertaining to its draft guidance,...

FDA

OSHA and FSMA (No, Not FDA This Time)

August 30, 2016

You thought FDA was the only agency implementing the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), well think again. The Occupational Safety...

Public Policy

John Block: Farm Problems

August 25, 2016

By former USDA Secretary John R. Block We are looking at record crops of corn, soybeans, and wheat this year....

FDA

FDA Issues Initial Draft Guidance on Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food

August 24, 2016

FDA issued today a new draft guidance to help industry comply with certain requirements in the final rule on Current...

FDA

FDA Extends Certain FSMA Compliance Dates

August 24, 2016

FDA has published seven foundational rules to implement FSMA, and compliance dates are quickly approaching: Current Good Manufacturing Practice and...

OFW Law News

Ken Ackerman’s Newest Book, TROTSKY IN NEW YORK, 1917, Set for Release in September 2016

August 22, 2016

This week, Counterpoint Press announced the release of the newest book by OFW Law’s own Ken Ackerman called TROTSKY IN...

Public Policy

John Block: GMO Labeling

August 19, 2016

By former USDA Secretary John R. Block Yes – We now have legislation to deal with the GMO labeling question....

FDA

FDA Finalizes GRAS Rule

August 17, 2016

FDA has published a final rule (81 Fed. Reg. 54,959 (Aug. 17, 2016)), based on its 1997 proposed rule (62...

Public Policy

Crop Insurance: Priority # 1

August 1, 2016

As published in Agri-Pulse “I have sometimes thought it might be well to establish an office of insurance for farms...

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Small Entity Compliance Guides on CGMP and Preventive Controls Final Rules for Human Food and Food for Animals

Draft FSMA Guidance for Industry: Describing a Hazard that Needs Control because Permissibly Not Controlled Upstream

Hillary on Agriculture

D.C. Circuit Orders OSHA to Follow Notice and Comment Requirements When Imposing New Standards on Agricultural Retailers

John Block: This and That

Borlaug’s Dream is Within Reach in Africa

OFW Founder Rick Frank Named Best Lawyers® Washington DC Health Care Lawyer of the Year

John Block: Ag Industry United

CDRH Proposes Submission Requirements of Labeling for Certain Home-Use Devices

FDA Revises Food Product Categories for Food Facility Registrations

“Healthy” Regulatory Definition To Be Revised?

The Bridger-Teton National Forest

Dr. Betsy Booren Joins OFW Law as Senior Policy Advisor

John Block: Labor Day and Tough Times

Aspartame Potentially Subject to Prop 65 Listing

FDA Extends Comment Periods on “Voluntary” Sodium Reduction Goals for Foods

OSHA and FSMA (No, Not FDA This Time)

John Block: Farm Problems

FDA Issues Initial Draft Guidance on Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food

FDA Extends Certain FSMA Compliance Dates

Ken Ackerman’s Newest Book, TROTSKY IN NEW YORK, 1917, Set for Release in September 2016

John Block: GMO Labeling

FDA Finalizes GRAS Rule

Crop Insurance: Priority # 1

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