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With 2023, there should be more open sesame. Once January 1, 2023, rolls around, manufacturers will have to start listing sesame as an allergen on the labels of any food products that may contain this seedy ingredient. As a December 15 U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announcement emphasized, come the New Year sesame will be subject to new labeling and manufacturing requirements. The requirements will be similar to those that the eight current official major food allergens are subject to right now.

The FASTER Act will add sesame to the list of major food allergens effective Jan. 1, 2023.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued new guidance Monday on food allergen labeling requirements, ahead of designating sesame as a "major food allergen" which will go into effect Jan. 1, 2023. 

The $1.7 trillion federal spending bill moving quickly through Congress has millions of dollars for Sacramento-area roads, bike paths, water projects and more. There’s money for sidewalk and bike path projects in Folsom. For job training and counseling at The Opportunity Center in Sacramento and help for Habitat for Humanity to aid first-time, lower income people who want to buy homes. In West Sacramento, funds will be available to convert the I Street railroad drawbridge from motor vehicle access to a bikeway and walkway.

One significant obstacle for the legislation has been educating lawmakers about digital therapeutics, said Rep. Thompson and the AMCP's Mathieu.

As cyberattacks on schools grow increasingly disruptive and complex, the Federal Communications Commission wants to hear what educators think about allowing schools to use federal E-rate funds to pay for more advanced internet security firewalls.

The request for comment on that proposal—often the first step in revising the rules for federal programs—was posted Dec. 14, and comments are due Feb. 13.