A review found harms-related data for probiotics, prebiotics, and synbiotics were not sufficiently reported. A new review published in the Annals of Internal Medicine sought to examine how harms-related information was reported in publications of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) for probiotics, prebiotics, and synbiotics, and found correlating data to be significantly lacking. Researched utilized RCTS […]
La FDA (Food and Drug Administration), agencia del gobierno de los Estados Unidos responsable de la regulación de alimentos y medicamentos, estudia solidificar los estándares de identidad para muchos productos alimenticios, de acuerdo con el Comisionado de la FDA. La agencia espera modernizar los estándares para ayudar con la producción de productos alimenticios más saludables. […]
La Agencia de Medicamentos y Alimentación de Estados Unidos (FDA, por sus siglas en inglés) ha anunciado una reunión con las empresas que se dedican a la investigación y desarrollo de la carne limpia y sostenible para que comenten la tecnología que utilizan para su desarrollo, así como para describir sus productos. La agencia sugiere […]
Eight new fibers are now approved for inclusion on the Nutrition Facts label. U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, released decisions made on citizen petitions to expand and better define what ingredients fall under the legal definition of “dietary fiber.” When in 2016 FDA unveiled a new definition for dietary fiber […]
Como parte de los esfuerzos continuos de la Administración de Drogas y Alimentos de Estados Unidos (FDA) y del Departamento de Agricultura de ese país (USDA) para fortalecer la supervisión de la seguridad alimentaria, las dos agencias anunciaron la alineación del Programa de Auditoría de Buenas Prácticas Agrícolas Armonizadas del USDA (USDA H-GAP) con los […]
New deadline extended to 2020 for companies with $10 million or more in food sales. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a final rule to extend the compliance dates for updating Nutrition Facts and Supplement Facts labels, from July 26, 2018, to January 1, 2020, for manufacturers with $10 million or more in […]
FrieslandCampina DOMO’s new human milk oligosaccharide (HMO) ingredient, 2’-fucosyllactose (2’-FL), has been officially certified for use in infant formula in both European and US markets. The ingredient has received EU novel food approval and achieved GRAS (Generally Recognized as Safe) status from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the US. The company reports that […]
SweeGen, Inc., a nature-based sweetener company, and Ingredion have jointly announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a GRAS (Generally Recognized As Safe) No Objection Letter for BESTEVIA Rebaudioside D stevia leaf sweetener for use as a general-purpose, non-nutritive sweetener for foods and beverages. Back in July, FoodIngredientsFirst reported on SweeGen and […]
Tras un cabildeo firme de la industria de alimentos y bebidas envasados, la Administración de Medicamentos y Alimentos (FDA, Estados Unidos) anunció una postergación indefinida del lanzamiento de nuevas etiquetas con información nutricional de los productos que tenía la intención de ayudar a los estadounidenses a comer de forma saludable. Se suponía que las etiquetas, […]
“Gluten-free” labels are mostly reliable, the Food and Drug Administration announced on Tuesday. That sounds like a no-brainer — of course foods labeled as gluten free shouldn’t have any gluten in them, right? But that hasn’t always been the case; I can tell you, as a person with celiac disease, that it’s a relief to […]
As FDA examines how to redefine what qualifies as “healthy” on food packages, government officials have plenty to chew on. Comments from the food industry and other stakeholders poured in to FDA this week, recommending changes to the definition of healthy. The current definition, regulators and industry executives said, has reached its expiration date in […]
Marzo es el Mes Nacional de la Nutrición (National Nutrition Month), y la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de los Estados Unidos (FDA, por sus siglas en inglés) anima a los consumidores a utilizar la etiqueta de Información Nutricional, toda vez que la dependencia recientemente finalizó una nueva y mejorada etiqueta para los alimentos y […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reopening the comment period on its draft guidance for industry concerning fruit and vegetable juices as color additives in food. The public will now have an additional 60 days to submit comments, beginning March 1. The draft guidance, when finalized, will clarify when juices from fruits and […]
The agency, in hoping to reduce waste, suggests new phrasing for food packaging. It’s official: date labels on food don’t quite represent the peril that people think. For years, foodmakers have put sell-by and use-by dates on a number of products. But some food experts and environmentalists have argued that people are throwing out perfectly […]
Inulin companies Beneo, Cosucra Groupe Warcoing S.A. and Sensus B.V. submitted a citizen petition on Sept. 12 that asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to include inulin-type fructans in a new dietary fiber definition. Several food and beverage companies promote inulin from chicory root as fiber, including General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, in its Fiber […]
