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Environmental
Export, Import & Transportation
Flavor Labeling
- For flavor labeling purposes, are use of the terms “nature identical flavor” or “natural identical flavor” appropriate in the United States?
- Where can I find information relating to FDA opinions on vanilla and vanillin labeling?
- Can the terms yeast extract and autolyzed yeast extract be used interchangeably on ingredient labels?
Food Safety/Supply Chain Integrity
- Are registration requirements under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSM) the same as that under The Bioterrorism Act, or is FDA going to have a second registration process?
- Does the Food Safety Modernization Act in any way dilute the protections of the Bioterrorism Act provisions that safeguard formulas, or does it require disclosure of ingredient concentrations?
- Does FDA have an emergency number should I ever need to get in touch with someone after hours about a supply chain issue?
General
Intellectual Property
International Regulations
- If we use an only representative for REACH, how do we make the required classification notifications to ECHA?
- Does the IOFI notification to ECHA for CLP cover member companies or does each member company need to notify? Is there a mechanism by which a non-EU entity can perform the notification?
- Is the two year extension for CLP only for single substances actually physically in the trade or is it for single substances that have been on the market in the EU and that will continue to be in the market and placed in trade channels after Dec 2010?
- How should a supplier using a mixture in a preparation to be sold in the EU classify the preparation?
- What is the best source for the proper labeling and pictogram information for a chemical for if its flavor or fragrance ingredient data sheet (FFIDS) has not been updated?
- Is annatto allowed for use in Japan?
- Are there any other foreign country regulations resources available to me in the public domain?
- Where can I go to get information on foreign country regulations pertaining to flavors?
Tax & Trade
- Will formulas that were adopted be visible in the new TTB Formulas Online system under the current company/ownership?
- What is the difference between the role of submitter and approver in the new TTB Formulas Online system?
- How much history will be loaded from the old system to the new TTB online system and what information from the old sytem will still be available?
- Is the user manual for TTB Formulas Online available prior to go-live and/or registration?
- Is a particular species of oak chips, Quercus sessile, allowed for use in the United States and Canada?