by ngp2021 | Aug 7, 2020 | AAFCO, AAFCO Meetings, Latest News, Our Stories, Regulatory Updates
Whether or not you used the opportunity to tune in for free to the AAFCO meeting (August 5-7, 2020) to get a taste of how things run, here’s an overview of the salient discussions. (If you did tune in, please shoot me an email and let me know your impressions.) The...
by ngp2021 | Feb 3, 2020 | FSMA, Latest News, Our Stories
Under the Food Drug and Cosmetic Act, as well as the Food Safety Modernization Act, regulators, namely the FDA, USDA and state Departments of Agriculture, all have authority to sample foods for presence of “problems.“ Those problems can be anything from bacteria...
by ngp2021 | Nov 21, 2019 | FSMA, Latest News, Our Stories
The administrative law judge in Colorado filed his report on Friday November 8, 2019. His decision was immediately picked up for review by the commissioner before the ink even had time to dry. What does this mean? This is like when the FDA takes sample of pet food and...
by ngp2021 | Nov 12, 2019 | AAFCO, Latest News, Our Stories, Regulatory Updates
In one of the last posts, I presented a timeline related to the court cases. At the writing of that post, all parties in the Lystn LLC vs FDA, AAFCO, and the Colorado Department of Agriculture lawsuits, as well as the interveners, were to meet with the magistrate...
by ngp2021 | Oct 24, 2019 | AAFCO, Labeling Updates, Latest News, Our Stories, Regulatory Updates
As you hopefully know, I represent our manufacturers on numerous AAFCO work groups and volunteer to help with more workgroups all the time. In fact, earlier this year, I successfully chaired a workgroup to clean up one section of the AAFCO Official Publication (the...
by ngp2021 | Oct 17, 2019 | Latest News, Our Stories, Regulatory Updates
Today was Answers’ turn to present their case. Two expert witnesses went largely unchallenged by the state attorneys. Closing remarks were presented on both sides. The judge was very involved in the case asking excellent clarifications. The judge needs to deliberate....
