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FDA Issues Two Guidance Documents on Food Allergen Labeling Requirements

The FDA Law Blog

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued two guidance documents, one draft and one final, on food allergen labeling requirements. All packaged foods served or sold on transportation carriers (e.g., After reviewing comments, FDA will revise and move questions and answers to the final document, as it deems appropriate.

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PDA revises report on glass container manufacturing

European Pharmaceutical Review

The long-awaited PDA TR 43 report provides an approach to a quality decision-making process and represents best practices for the identification and classification of visual nonconformities for (empty) glass containers as pharmaceutical product packaging.

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FDA Publishes Proposal to Redefine the Implied Nutrient Contain Claim “Healthy” Changing Focus to Foods Rather than Nutrients Adding Limits on Added Sugar Content

The FDA Law Blog

In 2015, FDA issued a Warning Letter to Kind LLC because, among other things, the company labeled products as healthy whereas these products provided more saturated fat per serving than permitted by the regulatory definition. FDA also announced it would be re-evaluating the regulatory criteria for use of the “healthy” claim.

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FDA Issues Long-Awaited QMSR Final Rule

The FDA Law Blog

Both ISO 13485 and ISO 9000 contain terms and definitions that are referenced within Part 820. includes considerations with respect to documentation, applicable regulatory requirements, design and development, and enforcement. FDA further retained some definitions in the QSMR. Certain definitions are also removed from § 820.3,

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Welcome to SRP-RMT – Standardization Comes to Regenerative Medicine Therapies?

The FDA Law Blog

CBER may still request additional information when deemed appropriate, but the stated hope is that increased use of VCS can facilitate product development by reducing the need to develop unique methods for individual products and that they will typically reduce the amount of necessary documentation “and may reduce FDA review time.”

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USP General Chapter —Glass revised

European Pharmaceutical Review

In response to supply chain challenges, including shortages of critical glass vials for products like COVID-19 vaccines and parenteral drugs, the Packaging and Distribution Expert Committee (PD EC) has made a significant revision of United States Pharmacopeia (USP) General Chapter <660>—Glass.

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How Can Evidence-Based Medical Education Improve Learning?

Board Vitals - Pharmacist

Bench to bedside: In its definition, the National Institute of Health characterizes EBM as “the intersection of research, evidence and clinical practice.” Step 1: Problem definition Remember how Dr. Evans and his care team observed a persistent incidence of secondary issues among patients admitted with fractured hips?