Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN)
The Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) is the branch of the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that ensures food, dietary-supplements and cosmetics safety and promotes consumer health by regulation, education and research.. This topic discusses issues relating to CFSAN, including food safety, labeling, regulations, policies and guidelines.
Water-related disease is a serious concern globally as many countries struggle to access to clean drinking water; however, new research published in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene suggests the humble lime may provide an inexpensive and quick method to ...More
Leading food industry groups are asking the Obama Administration to develop a fiscal year 2013 budget request that fully funds U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) food-safety programs without implementing new food taxes or fees. ...More
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Aug. 17 released its "Strategic Plan for Regulatory Science," a sweeping overhaul of the science the agency uses to develop and evaluate food, medicines and medical devices. The new plan will help FDA foster ...More
President Obama on late Tuesday signed into law the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), the largest overhaul of U.S. food safety laws in more than 70 years. The $1.4 billion legislation makes sweeping improvements to the security and safety of our nation’s food supply by ...More
Soy product company failed to safeguard its products from contamination from hot temps, pests and humans, and did not heed earlier FDA warnings. ...More
Stephen Sundlof, head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), is stepping down from his post to take a 2-year academia post at the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine. ...More
With increasing Chinese food imports and increasing scrutiny of the entire food supply chain by FDA and other federal agencies, to avoid U.S. import problems, Chinese food producers must be part of the solution. ...More
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) yesterday issued a Guidance for Industry advising manufacturers that peanuts and peanut-derived products used as food ingredients pose a risk of Salmonella ...More
SupplySide
