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01/14/2026

12/27/2025

FDA Expert Panel on Food Allergies
Wednesday, February 25, 2026, 1 - 3 p.m. ET

FDA Expert Panel on Food Allergies - Rescheduled U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent this bulletin at 12/16/2025 05:30 PM EST If your email program has trouble displaying this email, view as a webpage. FDA Expert Panel on Food Allergies Wednesday, February 25, 2026, 1 - 3 p.m. ET The FDA Expert P...

12/12/2025

Letter to the Dietary Supplement Industry on the DSHEA Disclaimer

12/12/2025

FDA Issues Letter to Industry on the DSHEA Disclaimer

12/10/2025

Virtual Presentations and Panel Discussions – Nov 18, 2025
Virtual Listening Sessions – Nov 19-20, 2025
Event Overview: The FDA will host a three-day, virtual public meeting from November 18-20, 2025, to discuss food allergen thresholds and their potential applications.

FDA to Hold Virtual Public Meeting and Listening Sessions on Food Allergen Thresholds and Their Potential Applications

12/10/2025

FDA rescheduled the virtual public meeting on food allergen thresholds to February 18, 2026, and the listening sessions to February 19-20, 2026.

The prevalence of food allergies has increased in recent decades affecting millions of Americans and their families

12/10/2025

U.S. Department of Agriculture-FSIS and U.S. Food and Drug Administration last December sought input on industry practices and preferences, research on consumer perceptions and the impacts on food waste. FLPC reviewed public comment submissions, identified a set of shared concerns:
- Supply Chain Inefficiencies and Confusion: patchwork of state-level laws a point of difficulty
- Increased Food Waste and Health Risks: no standardized meanings, do not clearly indicate quality or safety; tossing safe food prematurely based on the date label or ignoring date labels, consuming food past discard date even for products risky past the date.
- Financial Losses: Tossing food solely on the date label, families to retailers, suffer heavy financial losses; Food recovery organizations spend precious funding toward training staff, educating donors, raising awareness on proper handling of past-date food products.
>>comments across all stakeholder types identified federal date label standardization as the best solution to the issues caused by the current patchwork system

By Akif Khan, Clinical Fellow As many of us across the country buy food, prepare meals, and serve loved ones this Thanksgiving, it is important to remember that the abundance of the holidays […]

11/18/2025

USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is seeking public comment on whether the United States Standards for Rough Rice, Brown Rice for Processing, and Milled Rice should be opened for comments and suggestions for revisions. The Rice Standards were last opened for comment in 2015. Since then, rice production, quality assessment methods, and consumer preferences may have changed.

USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is seeking public comment on whether the United States Standards for Rough Rice, Brown Rice for Processing, and Milled Rice should be opened for comments and suggestions for revisions. The Rice Standards were last opened for comment in 2015. Since then,...

11/07/2025

The new standard set to get published next week:
Non-UPF Verified front-of-package seals, should hit shelves early 2026.
72% of Americans are trying to avoid ultra-processed foods.
Confronts ingredients and processes that make foods 'hyper-palatable,' while lacking nutritional benefits, foods that dominate due to ubiquity, cheapness and addictivenes.
- 'non-nutritive', 'bio-transformed' sweeteners e.g. aspartame, sucralose, erythritol, monk fruit extract, stevia extract and more not eligible
- maximum percentage of added sugar by weight: dessert 20%, breakfast cereal 15%, beverages and breads 5% by dry weight
- gums and thickeners prevent certification, e.g. carrageenan, xanthan gum, maltodextrin, algal flour
- refined oils banned due to industrial processes imposed upon seed oils commonly used in manufacturing
- distinguishes between minimal, conditional and prohibited processing methods.
- minimally processed ingredients free from high-impact chemical, structural, thermal and biological modification
- at least 70% of the dry weight is minimally processed. If at least 70% of the ingredients in the beverage, other than the water, aren’t minimally processed then the drink won’t get the seal

New Non-UPF label aims to help consumers avoid ultra-processed foods and push brands to reformulate.

10/23/2025

FDA postpones November virtual public meeting and listening sessions regarding food allergen thresholds and their potential applications in the U.S.
https://www.fda.gov/food/workshops-meetings-webinars-food-and-dietary-supplements/virtual-public-meeting-and-listening-session-food-allergen-thresholds-and-their-potential

10/20/2025

First state to mandate large chain restaurants disclose Top 9 food allergens on their menus.

10/08/2025

California becomes first state to define ultraprocessed foods for their school meal requirements