FDA Reopens Comment Period on Use of Materials Derived From Cattle in Human Food and Cosmetics

Summary

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reopening the comment period for its interim final rule on the use of materials derived from cattle in human food and cosmetics, following new studies showing the presence of BSE infectivity in various cattle parts. The FDA had previously prohibited the use of certain cattle materials to address the risk of BSE in human food and cosmetics.