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in this month's headlines
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Senate Bill Excluding Supermarkets
from FDA Menu Labeling Sparks Debate over
Calorie
Disclosure |
 A proposed bill
introduced last week by Sens. Roy Blunt (R-MO)
and Angus King (I-ME) is calling on the Food and
Drug Administration (FDA) to amend the calorie
disclosure requirements enacted under the
Affordable Care Act to exclude grocery stores
and other related businesses.
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Congress Asks FDA to Extend Comment
Period on FSMA Farm
Rules |
 Congress
members are asking the Food and Drug
Administration to allow further comment on
sweeping food safety rules that farmers say
could drive them out of business. The group
asked the agency to propose a second set of
rules to implement the 2011 FSMA.
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Unprecedented Number of Trade
Regulations To Take Effect in
2014 |
 Prepare your
company for an onslaught of new trade
regulations, many of which center around food
import quality and safety.
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FDA Ban Is the Final Nail in Trans Fat's
Coffin |
 The Food and
Drug Administration's recent decision to phase
out partially hydrogenated oils, the source of
most trans fat in the U.S. food supply, serves
as the final nail in the coffin for the
artificial ingredient in the American food
industry.
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