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Pet Food Institute Proposes Modernization of Pet Food and Treats Regulation

FDA Law Blog

By Riëtte van Laack — FDA regulates pet food similar to other animal foods. The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDC Act) requires that all animal foods, like human foods, be safe to eat, produced under sanitary conditions, contain no harmful substances, and be truthfully labeled.

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What is a natural health product? Health Canada’s findings upheld by Federal Courts

Pharma in Brief

The Courts’ decisions provide insight into how natural health products are distinguished, under federal law, from cosmetics and from drugs subject to the Food and Drug Regulations. These distinctions are important as they determine the regulatory burden required to market a product in Canada.

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A Question 30 Years in the Making: Would a Final LDT Rule Withstand Judicial Scrutiny?

FDA Law Blog

Lenz, Principal Medical Device Regulation Expert & Sophia R. Gibbs — For more than three decades, FDA has claimed that the Federal Food, Drug & Cosmetic (FD&C Act) gives the agency legal authority to regulate laboratory developed tests (LDTs) as medical devices (see our prior post here ). Gaulkin & Jeffrey N.

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The FDA and Customs and Border Protection Bust Illegal E-Cigarette Shipment

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This includes some flavored e-cigarettes imported to the US that do not meet Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) requirements, as amended by the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (Tobacco Control Act). In the 2020 fiscal year, CBP seized 93,590 units of e-cigarettes that did not meet US federal regulations.

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Everything You Wanted to Know About the Orange Book But Were Too Afraid To Ask

FDA Law Blog

Like all Guidance documents, it starts out with background, explaining that the Orange Book is FDA’s list of drug products approved under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and contains patent and exclusivity information related to such products.

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Prescription Drug User Fees Ex-PAND-ed to PANDAs (PANDA-monium Part II)

FDA Law Blog

Since 1984, generic drugs have been approved under ANDAs pursuant to section 505(j) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA); before 1984, no formal mechanism for an ANDA existed so FDA used sections 505(b) and 505(c) to approve follow-on drugs based on the Agency’s previous findings of safety and efficacy.

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Are You Recall Ready? FDA Expects You to Be

FDA Law Blog

Baumhardt, Senior Medical Device Regulation Expert & Anne K. The Guidance applies to voluntary recalls of any food, drug intended for human and animal use, any cosmetic, biological, and tobacco product intended for human use, and any item subject to a quarantine regulation under 21 CFR part 1240. By Philip Won & Lisa M.