The OIG has posted an interactive map and a data chart about Medicaid Fraud Control Units (MFCU) and enforcement actions for FY 2014.
New York, Louisiana, and Texas appeared to have the highest recoveries and significant returns on MFCU investments,
Food safety newsletter – February 2015
The monthly newsletter will provide a quick overview of legal issues affecting food safety, including the enactment of new statutes and regulations and significant case law developments, in the US and abroad.
In this issue:
FDA intends to exempt carrier screening genetic tests from premarket review
FDA announced it intends to exempt genetic carrier screening tests from FDA’s premarket review requirements and has authorized the marketing of 23andMe’s genetic carrier test for Bloom Syndrome.
The Agency will issue a notice of its intent to exempt such
US District Court dismisses challenge to USDA’s new Poultry Inspection System
US District Court for the District of Columbia has dismissed a law suit challenging USDA’s New Poultry Inspection System (NPIS).
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson held that the plaintiffs, the consumer rights group Food & Water Watch Inc (FWW) and two
Obama earmarks $1.6 billion for food-safety efforts in 2016 budget
The Obama administration’s 2016 budget, released in early February, would increase FDA’s food safety budget by $109.5 million.
This is perhaps unsurprising, given that all of the major Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) rules are set to be finalized by
Interstate Commerce Bill reintroduced
On February 3, 2015, the Protect Interstate Commerce Act (“PICA”) was reintroduced by Representative Steve King of Iowa. Representative King originally introduced PICA last year as an amendment to the farm bill.
The bill is co-sponsored by Representatives Bob Gibbs
FDA and Big Data: increased surveillance through GenomeTrakr Database & Sentinel Initiative
GenomeTrackr Database
Through collaboration with federal and state public health laboratories, FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) and Office of Regulatory Affairs (ORA) have been building a publicly accessible genomic database called GenomeTrakr.
This database uses
Legislation introduced to give FSIS mandatory recall authority
Recent legislation proposed by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand would require USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) to recall meat and poultry found to be contaminated with pathogens. The Meat and Poultry Recall Notification Act would require that FSIS recall unsafe
FDA warning: there may be milk in your dark chocolate
According to a recent study by the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”), an alarming percentage of dark chocolate products contain milk, despite labeling that indicates otherwise.
In response to complaints from consumers who had eaten dark chocolate and
February FDA warning letter update
It is FDA’s practice to issue Warning Letters in order to provide individuals and companies an opportunity to take voluntary and prompt corrective action before it initiates an enforcement action. The agency’s position is that it issues Warning Letters only