US food businesses and other stakeholders who want to speak at the FDA’s November 6 virtual food-traceability meeting must register by October 26. General attendance registration remains open through November 5. The deadline is an opportunity to request an oral presentation, not a new compliance date for the Food Traceability Rule.
Twelve of 26 imported frozen seafood samples tested by the FDA contained less seafood than their labels declared, according to a report published October 23. The shipments were sampled in 2025 before release into U.S. commerce, making the findings evidence from a defined import-surveillance assignment rather than a measure of every product on American supermarket shelves.
U.S. seafood producers and shoppers have a new labeling proposal to examine, rather than a new final labeling requirement. FDA's October 23 draft guidance offers examples of how businesses could describe qualifying seafood as U.S.-caught or U.S. farm-raised without misleading consumers.
The FDA stops mailing mammography-facility certificates and certification letters on October 22, shifting delivery to its MQSA Facility Portal. The change puts downloading and printing in the facility’s hands while retaining the requirement to display a printed certificate on-site. It does not apply to certificates issued by FDA-approved state certifying agencies.
FDA’s Oncology Center of Excellence made patients’ experiences beyond the immediate treatment period a central question in the agenda for its October 15, 2026 virtual cancer-trials workshop. The U.S. event’s published program addresses whether existing measures capture what matters to people living longer with cancer.
U.S. consumers and food businesses have until December 9, 2026, to comment on FDA’s proposed changes to oversight of food-substance uses claimed to be generally recognized as safe. The agency scheduled an October 15 webinar to explain the proposal, which remains a proposed rule rather than a final requirement.
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