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HCPA To Host Webinar on Antimicrobials

Learn how antimicrobials used in these applications are regulated and how companies can establish compliance under the applicable statutory schemes.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) oversee a complicated statutory framework for antimicrobials that are used in food and food-contact applications. The EPA has jurisdiction over antimicrobials that meet the definition of a “pesticide” under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), while the FDA has jurisdiction over antimicrobials that meet the definition of a “food additive” under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic ...

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