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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published the second installment of a draft guidance document designed to support compliance with the Intentional Adulteration (IA) Rule under the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).

Researchers at UC Davis are working to create a public resource called the California Energy Product Evaluation "Hub", which will provide energy technology product evaluations to help large commercial and industrial customers in California make informed purchasing decisions about distributed energy resources, e.g., lighting, agricultural irrigation equipment, energy storage. UC Davis is looking for industry input to make this project a success.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released its “Strategy for the Safety of Imported Food,” which outlines the agency’s comprehensive approach to helping ensure the safety of food imported into the United States. Currently, the United States imports about 15% of its overall food supply. More than 200 countries or territories and roughly 125,000 food facilities plus farms supply approximately 32% of the fresh vegetables, 55% of the fresh fruit and 94% of the seafood that Americans consume annually. This increasingly globalized and complex marketplace has also placed new challenges on the U.S. food safety system.

A total of 2,710 new bills were introduced in the California legislature between when it reconvened on January 7 and the new bill introduction deadline of February 22. The legislature is now holding policy hearings regarding the bills with an end of April deadline for fiscal bills to be submitted to appropriations, and a May 3rd deadline for non-fiscal bills to be reported to the legislative floor. CLFP is currently tracking some 186 bills that could affect California’s food processing industry and is working with a variety of industry coalitions to address these bills.