The FDA will host an educational webinar for the food & beverage industry, with some emphasis on retail food stores and foodservice establishments, at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 18, to provide an overview of food labeling and food allergen labeling requirements and compliance.
The FDA’s food labeling and food allergen labeling requirements apply to all packaged foods regulated by FDA, including foods packaged by retail food stores and foodservice. To assist industry with these requirements, the FDA has issued several guidances including "Questions and Answers Regarding Food Allergen Labeling Guidance" and "Major Food Allergen Labeling and Cross-contact Draft Compliance Policy Guide."
Labeling errors associated with undeclared allergens are one of the leading causes of food recalls in the U.S. “This webinar is intended to help industry better understand and comply with these requirements,” the agency said.
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Dave Fusaro has served as editor in chief of Food Processing magazine since 2003. Dave has 30 years experience in food & beverage industry journalism and has won several national ASBPE writing awards for his Food Processing stories. Dave has been interviewed on CNN, quoted in national newspapers and he authored a 200-page market research report on the milk industry. Formerly an award-winning newspaper reporter who specialized in business writing, he holds a BA in journalism from Marquette University. Prior to joining Food Processing, Dave was Editor-In-Chief of Dairy Foods and was Managing Editor of Prepared Foods.