Proposed amendments result of 2013 merger of the Livestock and Seed and Poultry programs.

The FSIS will not hold companies in noncompliance if they use the FDA label during the rulemaking period as long as the information is truthful and not misleading.

Updates include newly defined terms, new section and appendices, updates to current standards.

Summer of 2018 to bring a number of compliance dates for key nutrition initiatives.

Dates extended for short-term sodium reductions targets and issues related to 10-year targets.

The FDA has updated guidance to help it respond more quickly and more accurately in the event of food-related emergencies.

US Companies importing dairy products to be charged $250.

The Coca-Cola Company has announced that it plans to acquire Anheuser-Busch InBev’s (ABI) stake in Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) following the closing of the ABI combination with SABMiller.

A coalition of food and beverage associations is asking the FDA for clarifications on the Nutritional Facts label.

USDA also recently determined that Brazil's meat standards meet US standards.