Tag: FDA
Update on Produce Safety Rule Exemption for Winegrape Growers
SACRAMENTO, March 27, 2019 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced it will use its discretion and not enforce Produce Safety...
Afternoon Brief, December 18
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North Coast Wineries, Breweries, Distilleries Benefit Under GOP Tax Package
Local wineries, breweries and distilleries are big winners...
Progress on Winegrape Exemption from FSMA’s Produce Safety Rule
SACRAMENTO, July 21, 2017 – The Senate Committee on Appropriations on July 20 approved a bill that funds the U.S. Department of Agriculture and...
Afternoon Brief, June 23
Project Born in Pendleton Can Revolutionize Harvest
The Round-Up City is on the map as the birthplace for groundbreaking work in harvesting wine grapes and tree fruit...
Afternoon Brief, June 20
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No Simple Solutions for Sonoma’s Glut of Downtown Wine-Tasting Rooms
As summer heats up and more tourists come...
CAWG Seeks Winegrape Exemption from FDA’s Produce Safety Rule
SACRAMENTO, June 20, 2017 – The California Association of Winegrape Growers (CAWG) has requested the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) exempt winegrapes from...
Afternoon Brief, June 1
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California Association of Winegrape Growers Foundation Awards $30,000 in Student Scholarships
The California Association of Winegrape Growers Foundation...
Afternoon Brief, May 23
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Brown-Forman Not Interested in Selling to Constellation
Constellation Brands, the owner of Corona and Svedka Vodka, has made...
Afternoon Brief, January 8
Napa and Sonoma Vintners See a Surge in Vine-Killing Pierce's Disease: Thousands of vines were uprooted in 2015, raising fears that warm weather is allowing the disease to spread...
Afternoon Brief, March 20
Arsenic-Tainted Wine: Overkill or a Real Killer? If you drank a bottle of the alleged arsenic-tainted California wine, there's probably no need to rush to the attorney's office to update your will...
FDA Sees No Safety Issues with Agglomerated Corks
Yesterday Wine Industry Insight (WII) published a story regarding the health safety of the adhesive used in some agglomerate cork. Today the FDA responded:
Based...
Afternoon Brief, October 8
TTB Establishes 11 New Viticultural Areas Within the Paso Robles Viticultural Area:
On Thursday, October 9, 2014, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau will publish a final rule in Federal Register establishing 11 new American viticultural areas within the existing Paso Robles viticultural area in San Luis Obispo County, California...
