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Welcome
to February's Label Alert. This month we feature great savings on
Food Label Conference seminar registration.
Conference seminars include FDA Labeling Basics, Claims and
Trends; USDA Labeling Basics; and New Nutrition Facts Panel
Transition Strategies; and many more. Don't miss this special
offer for our Label Alert subscribers!
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USDA's AMS Withdraws 'Grass-Fed,' 'Naturally Raised'
Labeling Standards
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 The Agricultural Marketing Service ... withdrew
the Grass Fed Marketing Claim Standard and Naturally
Raised Marketing Claim Standard, effective Jan. 12, 2016. AMS said
in its notice that the agency does not have the ability to define
"grass-fed" or "naturally raised" standards
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Read on ...
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Food Industry Mounts Last-Ditch Effort to Block State
GMO Labeling Laws
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 The nation's food and farm industries are mounting a
furious, last-ditch push against mandatory labeling of foods made
with genetically modified organisms, or GMOs.... With Vermont set
to become the first state in the country to force GMO labels on
foods on July 1, opponents of on-package labeling are running out
of time.
Read on . . .
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Campbell Labels Will Disclose G.M.O. Ingredients
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 Breaking from its industry rivals,
Campbell
Soup will become the first major food company to begin disclosing
the presence of genetically engineered ingredients like corn, soy
and sugar beets in its products.
Read on . . .
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Food Industry Regulatory Outlook for 2016
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 In the regulatory world, the big news for 2016 will
be the implementation of the hazard analysis and risk-based
preventive control (HARPC) provisions under Section 103 of the FDA
Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).
Read on . . .
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Career Corner: Buona Vita job listing
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Director
of Food Safety, 
Quality
Assurance & Regulatory Affairs
Buona
Vita, Inc., is looking for a
Director
of Food Safety, Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs in
their Bridgeton, New Jersey, office.
Read on ...
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