Herbal Products Group: FDA's View Of FSMA 'Fundamentally Wrongheaded'

Certain FDA regulations on small food manufacturers and farmers impose excessive and impractical requirements in exchange for little public health protections, the American Herbal Products Association wrote in response to President Donald Trump's request for help in identifying regulations that hurt domestic manufacturing. The group says FDA's interpretation of some food safety regulations, enforcement of Current Good Manufacturing Practices and 2016 New Dietary Ingredient draft guidance hurt small businesses and cost U.S. jobs, in a March 31 letter to the...