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Winter 2010
Summer 2010
- New Agreement Targets Food Ingredient Quality in U.S., China
- FCC Forum Opens for Public Comment
- USP & FCC at IFT 10th Annual Meeting; Nomenclature Workshop for Food Ingredients
Summer 2009
- "Provisional Monographs" for Self-Affirmed GRAS Ingredients
- USP Food Reference Materials and the FCC: A Service to the Food and Analytical Community
Winter 2009
- 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
Summer 2008
- The FCC Forum—Your Opportunity, Your Responsibility to the Public Standards-Setting Process
- FCC Expert Viewpoint: How Do 'Standards' and FCC Accommodate Innovation?
Spring 2008
Meetings
Stakeholder Forums
Each year, USP holds the Food Ingredients Stakeholder Forum to provide stakeholders and leaders from academia and industry an opportunity to meet with the FIEC and discuss industry concerns and to receive updates on FCC activities.
Workshops
USP's topical workshops are open meetings that aim to foster constructive scientific dialogue that will lead to stronger standards development.
- Intentional and Unintentional Adulteration of Food Ingredients and Dietary Supplements (November 16–17, 2011)
- Food Protein Workshop: Developing a Toolbox of Analytical Solutions to Address Adulteration (June 16–17, 2009)
Stimuli Articles
Other Information and Press Releases
- Nutritional Outlook Article Highlights USP Food Ingredient Standards (Dec 2011)
- FDA and the Food Safety Modernization Act (Jan 2011)
- U.S. Pharmacopeia Working to Better Detect, Measure Melamine Adulteration in Food (Dec 2008)
Posters
- Published Specifications Strengthen the U.S. Safety Net for Food Ingredients (2008)
- 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)
- The supportive relationship between current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs) and quality specifications for dietary supplements/dietary ingredients (2008)
Education
- (FREE) On-Demand Webinar: Food Chemicals Codex (FCC) Access and Capability
- On-Demand Webinar: Standards for Food Ingredients and Dietary Supplements
- On-Demand Webinar: cGMPs for Dietary Supplements 21 CFR Part 111
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