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STAT+: The FDA is testing new nutrition labels on the front of food packages

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WASHINGTON — The FDA wants to make it easier for consumers to know if the foods they’re buying are unhealthy — but doing so is harder than it seems here in the United States. Now, the Food and Drug Administration is embarking on a major study to test front of package labels here in the U.S.,

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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. 1, 2023; The applicability of food allergen labeling requirements to specific products (e.g., 1, 2023; The applicability of food allergen labeling requirements to specific products (e.g.,

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Kellogg’s is going to war over Mexico’s nutrition label rules. A similar fight is coming to the U.S.

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A 2019 policy requires companies that make unhealthy foods to include warning labels on the front of any boxes they sell in Mexico to educate consumers about things like excess sugar and fat. MEXICO CITY — Kellogg’s is waging a war here over Tigre Toño and Sam el Tucán. Read the rest…

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Opinion: FDA’s plan to define “healthy” for food packaging: Better than the existing labeling anarchy, but do we really need it?

STAT

The FDA has announced the set of rules it proposes to enforce for manufacturers to claim that a food product is “healthy.” ” The proposed rules are a lot better than the labeling anarchy that currently exists. But here’s my bottom line: health claims are not about health.

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FDA declines Eli Lilly’s bowel disease drug over manufacturing issues

Pharmafile

Pharma giant Eli Lilly’s Biologic Licence Application (BLA) for its bowel disease drug has been declined by the FDA over concerns about the proposed manufacturing of the drug. However, concerns weren’t expressed over the clinical data package, safety or label for the medicine.

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FDA Denies Vanda’s Citizen Petitions Regarding the Need for Braille Labeling for Tasimelteon Generics

The FDA Law Blog

FDA-2023-P-0313 and FDA-2023-P-0344 ) regarding its product Hetlioz (tasimelteon). Vanda requested that FDA revoke the approval of Apotex’s and Teva’s generic versions of Hetlioz on the grounds that the generic tasimelteon products did not meet the statutory “same labeling” requirement for generic drugs found in 21 U.S.C. §

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Medication Adherence and the Importance of Packaging

Lifewell Rx Pharmacy

For example, packaging plays a vital role in promoting medication adherence. A retail pharmacy may use blister packs , Dispill®, and other types of special packages to organize prescriptions and label medications according to dosage and time of intake. Effective packaging stretches a drug’s purpose? Drug Quality.