The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) recently published an updated FSIS Compliance Guideline for Label Approval (guideline). The purpose of the revised guideline is to provide establishments clarity on which labels require the Labeling and Program Delivery Staff (LPDS) approval, or qualify for generic approval. The comment period on the revised guideline closed Oct. 17.
On Oct. 18, the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) published two Federal Register notices to terminate rulemaking that would have likely resulted in increased litigation against packers for violations of the Packers and Stockyard Act (P&S Act).