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Wayne chats with David Lennarz, President of Registrar Corp., and Dr. Susan Mayne, Adjunct Professor at the Yale School of Public Health and former Director of FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. You'll hear their thoughts on the Human Foods Program's 2026 priority deliverables; how the new food pyramid/dietary guidelines may impact food and nutrition policy; the state of FDA's focus on food dyes; the latest labeling and ingredient disclosure; the direction of infant formula following recent recalls; GRAS reform and general food safety oversight; and much more.

In our headlines segment, Wayne highlights these major developments:

FDA reports efficiencies with ImportShield Program

Pharma: FDA and EMA jointly issue 10 guiding principles on AI in drug and biologics development

Devices: FDA increases scrutiny of direct-to-consumer self-collection kits by treating certain collection devices as regulated medical devices

Food: FDA's Human Foods Program released 2026 priority deliverables

Cosmetics: Cosmetics products potentially exposed to rodents and rodent activity at Minnesota distribution facility 

In our Resource Links segment, we list key documents in our four core areas. To view these links, subscribe, or find out more information about our podcast, visit FDAWatch.net.

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