{"id":2462,"date":"2013-08-13T09:12:22","date_gmt":"2013-08-13T14:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mainecheeseguild.org\/?p=2462"},"modified":"2013-09-09T08:57:56","modified_gmt":"2013-09-09T13:57:56","slug":"fda-listening-session-on-proposed-food-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mainecheeseguild.org\/?p=2462","title":{"rendered":"FDA Listening Session on Proposed Food Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"US Food and Drug Administration\" src=\"http:\/\/www.diabetesmine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/FDA-Logo.jpg\" class=\"alignright\" width=\"286\" height=\"274\" \/>MOFGA will sponsor a &#8220;Listening Session&#8221; with FDA representatives at the Augusta Armory on <\/p>\n<p>August 19th between 9:30am and 12:30pm<\/p>\n<p>This is the only session scheduled in Maine and one of only three in New England. This is an important opportunity for growers to communicate directly with FDA on the proposed rules.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fda.gov\/Food\/NewsEvents\/ConstituentUpdates\/ucm364189.htm\">The FDA has extended the public comment period, so t<\/a>hose who cannot make the listening session <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fda.gov\/Food\/GuidanceRegulation\/FSMA\/ucm261689.htm\">can submit comments by Nov. 13, 2013.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dave Colson, MOFGA&#8217;s Ag Services Director has put together <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mofga.org\/Programs\/PublicPolicyInitiatives\/SafetyRule\/tabid\/2650\/Default.aspx\">a summary of the talking points that MOFGA has generated after reviewing the proposed rules<\/a> that might be helpful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MOFGA will sponsor a &#8220;Listening Session&#8221; with FDA representatives at the Augusta Armory on August 19th between 9:30am and 12:30pm This is the only session scheduled in Maine and one of only three in New England. This is an important opportunity for growers to communicate directly with FDA on the proposed rules. The FDA has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-learning","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainecheeseguild.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainecheeseguild.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainecheeseguild.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainecheeseguild.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainecheeseguild.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mainecheeseguild.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2462\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainecheeseguild.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainecheeseguild.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainecheeseguild.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}