Regulatory Compliance, Industry Standards 7 Jan 2025 regulatory compliance, fda, plant-based alternatives, food labeling, animal-derived foods

🌱FDA Guidance on Plant-Based Food Labeling and Compliance

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry entitled "Labeling of Plant-Based Alternatives to Animal-Derived Foods." This draft guidance, when finalized, will provide our recommendations on best practices for naming and labeling of certain plant-based foods that are marketed and sold as alternatives for animal-derived foods (plant-based alternative foods), especially in the absence of a common or usual name for the product. This draft guidance does not address the naming and labeling of plant-based milk alternatives; FDA is providing recommendations regarding these products in a separate guidance document.

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Compliance, Regulatory Requirements 7 Jan 2025 regulation, fda, food safety, food allergens, labeling requirements

🏷️FDA Guidance on Food Allergens and Labeling Requirements

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing the availability of a revised final guidance for industry entitled "Questions and Answers Regarding Food Allergens, Including the Food Allergen Labeling Requirements of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (Edition 5): Guidance for Industry." The guidance explains FDA's current thinking on a number of issues related to the labeling of food allergens, including requirements in the Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act of 2004 (FALCPA) and the Food Allergy Safety, Treatment, Education, and Research Act of 2021 (FASTER Act).

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Grants, Compliance, Economic Development 7 Jan 2025 nih, health research, federal funding, business collaboration, organizational change

🏥NIH Restructuring Offers New Opportunities for Businesses in Health Research

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) All of Us Research Program has modified their organizational structure. The new organizational structure was approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services on December 19, 2024.

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Regulatory Compliance, Business Strategy 7 Jan 2025 postal service, business regulations, usps, shipping contracts, priority mail

📦USPS Notice

The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.

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Compliance, Regulatory Requirements 7 Jan 2025 regulations, international trade, public interest, usitc, complainant spanx, shapewear

⚖️ITC Notice on Shapewear Complaint and Public Interest Solicitation

Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has received a complaint entitled Certain Shapewear Garments and Components Thereof, DN 3799; the Commission is soliciting comments on any public interest issues raised by the complaint or complainant's filing pursuant to the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure.

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Regulatory Compliance, Environmental Policy 7 Jan 2025 environmental impact, land use, alaska, resource management, blm, central yukon

🌍BLM's Response to Alaska Governor on Central Yukon Resource Management Plan

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is publishing this notice of the reasons for the BLM Director's determination to reject the Governor of Alaska's recommendations regarding the Central Yukon Proposed Resource Management Plan (RMP) and Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).

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Regulatory Compliance, Environmental Regulations 7 Jan 2025 compliance, energy regulation, water quality certification, clean water act, northern states power
Regulatory Changes, Market Trends 7 Jan 2025 regulatory compliance, postal service, logistics, shipping, business agreements

📦USPS Notice

The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.

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Regulatory Compliance, Shipping & Logistics 7 Jan 2025 business operations, postal service, negotiated service agreements, priority mail, shipping services

📦Postal Service Files Notice for New Shipping Service Agreement

The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.

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Regulatory Requirements, Business Operations 7 Jan 2025 regulatory compliance, postal service, shipping agreements, business logistics

📦New USPS Priority Mail Contract Notice for Businesses 2025

The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.

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