FCC Resources

Stimuli Articles

• USP's Assumption of the Food Chemicals Codex: Risks and Opportunities (2007)  (83KB)

Posters

• Published Specifications Strengthen the U.S. Safety Net for Food Ingredients (2008)  (559KB)
• The Scientific Utility of the Food Chemicals Codex for Every Food Scientist: Why the Food Chemicals Codex should be on every food scientist's bookshelf (2008)  (3.9MB)
• The supportive relationship between current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs) and quality specifications for dietary supplements/dietary ingredients (2008)  (432KB)

FCC eNewsletters (select contents)

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• Melamine, Nitrogen, and Protein Determination: A History and Path Forward
• Tip of the Month

• "Provisional Monographs" for Self-Affirmed GRAS Ingredients
• USP Food Reference Materials and the FCC: A Service to the Food and Analytical Community

• New Standard for Popular Stevia-based Sweetener to Assure Manufacturers and Consumers of Product's Quality
• FCC Expert Viewpoint: International Importance of the Food Chemicals Codex

• The FCC Forum—Your Opportunity, Your Responsibility to the Public Standards-Setting Process
• FCC Expert Viewpoint: How Do 'Standards' and FCC Accommodate Innovation?

• The FCC at USP: A New Home for Food Ingredient Standards
• FCC Expert Viewpoint: Why Are "Standards" So Important...Do They Really Relate to Safety?

Meetings

• Food Protein Workshop: Developing a Toolbox of Analytical Solutions to Address Adulteration (June 16-17, 2009) – agenda, background documents, and presentations
• International Food Ingredients Issues Workshop (October 15, 2008) – agenda and presentations

Education

• Introduction to the New FCC
• Navigating the FCC
• How to Use the FCC Forum—Making the FCC Your Own
• How to Develop an FCC Monograph

Dietary Supplement eNewsletter (select contents)

• The 2009 USP Dietary Supplements Stakeholders Forum
• Sourcing USP-grade Dietary Supplement Components to Meet the Specification Requirements of 21 CFR §111.70
• USP Dietary Supplements Expert Committees News
• USP Verification Services for Qualifying Suppliers of Dietary Supplement Components to Meet the Requirements of 21 CFR §111.75(a)(2)(ii)(A)
• FAQs

• FDA CGMPs First Round of Inspection of Dietary Supplements Facilities–Lessons Learned
• USP Dietary Supplements Expert Committees News
• FAQs