Restaurant menus now likely to contain calorie counts by 2018 By Dan Flynn  The Affordable Care Act is intact, Bill de Blasio is on hold, and FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb is on board. That means big restaurants’ menus might yet be required to include calorie counts under federal regulations. Let’s take these developments one at a time. Legal authority for menu labeling rests in that much-maligned but politically durable Affordable... Continue Reading
FDA warns producers of ice pops, canned food to clean up By News Desk  A South Carolina ice pop manufacturer and an Oregon low-acid canned food producer are both on notice from the Food and Drug Administration for violations of federal food safety rules. The FDA sent the warning letters to the companies in August and posted them for public view in recent days. Companies are allowed 15 working days to... Continue Reading
Bacteria, undeclared milk top causes for recalls in 2Q By News Desk  After three consecutive quarters with 200 or more food recalls under the Food and Drug Administration's jurisdiction, the second quarter of 2017 broke the trend. From May through June this year the there were 178 food recalls of FDA-regulated products in the U.S., according to a report compiled by Stericycle Expert Solutions Inc. That's an... Continue Reading
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