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February 22, 2024
In Part 13 of our StepLadder Series, we discussed the US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) regulation of adhesives used in food-contact applications.
November 24, 2023
In Part nine of our StepLadder Series, we discussed Food Contact Notifications (FCNs) – filings that companies (notifiers) submit to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...
August 2, 2023
In our recent StepLadder article on Functional Barriers, we discussed how food-contact materials that are completely separated from food are not considered "food additives" subject to premarket...
June 23, 2023
Section 402(a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the Act) states that food shall not be introduced into interstate commerce if it is adulterated.1 Adulteration is a legal term of art...
May 4, 2023
The Food Additive Regulations describe, among other items, those substances that are lawfully permitted to be added "directly" to food (like food ingredients)...