August 18, 2016, Covington Alert

Nineteen years after first publishing its proposal, FDA published in yesterday’s Federal Register its final rule on substances generally recognized as safe (GRAS) for their intended use in human and animal food. This Alert addresses the final rule as it applies to food for animals. For an analysis of how the final rule will affect human food, see our Alert “FDA ...

April 7, 2016, Covington Alert

Yesterday, FDA published in the Federal Register its final rule establishing sanitary transportation requirements for both human and animal food. The rule is intended to ensure that food transportation practices do not create food safety risks. FDA provides a flexible, risk-based approach that largely aims to allow the transportation industry to continue to use ...

November 17, 2015, Covington Alert