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Celebrate Women's History Month Women have always played an important role in our nation’s history. From fighting for civil rights to advancing the field of science, the contributions of women are recognized every March with Women’s History Month.

Cool, Healthy Snacks You can have it all-with these recipes for quick, easy, tasty, and healthy treats. Check out these easy recipes to make for yourself and your friends and family.

Why Breakfast is Important Breakfast is called the most important meal of the day, but why are people always saying that? Imagine you're a car. After a long night of sleeping, your fuel tank is empty. Breakfast is the fuel that gets you going so you can hit the road.

Video: Meet Martha Washington Watch Martha Washington, wife of President George Washington, talk about her children, her grandchildren and their fashion and food choices in a short video from Kids.gov.

Brought to you by USAgov, Kids.gov is the official kids' portal for the U.S. government. We connect teachers, kids and parents to government, schools and educational organizations' information and services. Do you work hard to save money? Being able to change just a few spending habits could amount to putting away a few more dollars each month. Perhaps you're saving for a family vacation or a big home improvement, whatever the need—find free resources that can help you get there. If you're on Twitter, share tips of your own by using the hashtag #AmericaSaves. U.S.FOOD & DRUG Administration: Lipari Foods Issues Voluntary Recall of Various Bulk and Retail Cheese Products Due to Possible Health Risk 02/28/2017 02:18 PM EST Lipari Foods, LLC has issued a voluntary recall of various bulk and retail cheeses manufactured by Deutsch Kase Haus due to potential contamination of Listeria monocytogenes. Listeria monocytogenes is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. For detailed information pertaining to this Recalls, Market Withdrawals and Safety Alerts message, please click the link at the beginning of this bulletin.  Allergy Alert Issued in Two Massachusetts Whole Foods Market Stores for Undeclared Pecans in King Cakes 02/28/2017 11:31 AM EST Whole Foods Market® stores in Arlington, MA and Brookline, MA are issuing an allergy alert to recall Cream Cheese King Cakes sold between February 4 and February 26, due to an in-store labeling error. For detailed information pertaining to this Recalls, Market Withdrawals and Safety Alerts message, please click the link at the beginning of this bulletin. FDA Reopens Comment Period on Draft Guidance for Industry: Fruit Juice and Vegetable Juice as Color Additives in Food February 28, 2017 The Food and Drug Administration is reopening the comment period on its draft guidance for industry: fruit juice and vegetable juice as color additives in food for 60 days to allow interested persons additional time to submit comments. The draft guidance, when finalized, will clarify when juices from fruits and vegetables may be used as color additives in food under existing authorizations without additional premarket review and approval from the agency under its color additive petition process. Interested parties may submit comments by written letter or electronically starting March 1, 2017. Additional information, including directions for filing comments and the final due date for comments, is available in the Federal Register notice announcing reopening of the comment period. Federal Register Notice Announcing Reopening of the Comment Period Original Constituent Update December 13, 2016 In response to questions from food manufacturers, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued draft guidance to clarify when juices from fruits and vegetables may be used as color additives for foods without additional premarket review and approval from the agency under its color additive petition process. Color additives must be approved for use by the FDA and must be used only in compliance with the approved uses, specifications, and restrictions set out in FDA regulations. The authorization for the use of fruit and vegetable (21 CFR 73.250 and 21 CFR 73.260, respectively) as color additives in food are limited to the juice from certain fruit and vegetables and under certain conditions. The basis for these color additive regulations is that the fruit or vegetable from which the juice is made has been safely consumed as food. The fact that a plant material can be eaten does not necessarily mean that juice from such plant material meets the specifications of these regulations. Manufacturers have asked the FDA about a variety of color additives made from plant materials. For example, in response to these inquiries, the FDA has advised that juice made from purple corn and black carrots can meet the specifications of the vegetable juice color additive regulation. We have also advised that juice made from safflower petal and hibiscus flower do not meet these specifications. Manufacturers seeking to use plant materials that do not meet the specifications under the fruit and vegetable juice color additive regulations can submit color additive petitions with safety data for the FDA’s review. In response to such petitions, the FDA has authorized color additives that are made from certain plant materials in separate color additive regulations. Like all color additives in packaged foods, fruit juice and vegetable juice color additives must be declared in the ingredient label statement. Fruit juice and vegetable juice when used as color additives in food may be declared as “Artificial Color,” “Artificial Color Added,” or “Color Added,” or by an equally informative term that makes clear that a color additive has been used in the food, such as “Colored with Fruit Juice” or “Vegetable Juice Color.” The draft guidance will be available for public comment for 60 days starting December 14, 2016. The FDA will consider all comments before completing a final version. To submit comments by mail, send to FDA at: Division of Dockets Management (HFA-305) Food and Drug Administration 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061 Rockville, MD 20852 All comments must include the agency name and docket number. Additional Information: Federal Register Notice Draft Guidance 21 CFR 73.250 and 21 CFR 73.260 Table of Previous Informal Opinions