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Regulatory Compliance Update Bulletin: Temperature Monitoring — October 2026

The October 2026 bulletin covers the new 2026 FDA Food Code and its electronically monitored alternative cooling method, FDA's final fresh-cut produce guidance, the UK FSA's Future of Food Regulation reforms, and India's draft change to residual shelf-life rules for imported drugs. Sources checked this month include FDA, CFIA, USDA FSIS, WHO, USP, MHRA, FSANZ, CDSCO, FSSAI, Philippines FDA and Thailand FDA.

Regulatory Compliance Update Bulletin: Temperature Monitoring — September 2026

This month's bulletin covers PIC/S's newly adopted PI 006-4 recommendation on qualification and validation, effective 1 October 2026, which introduces new transport verification requirements for temperature data loggers. We also confirm — after checking FDA, CFIA, USDA FSIS, WHO, USP, MHRA, FSANZ, CDSCO, FSSAI, Philippines FDA, and Thailand FDA — that no other material regulatory changes affecting temperature monitoring occurred this period.

Regulatory Compliance Update Bulletin: Temperature Monitoring — August 2026

This bulletin covers six regulatory developments affecting temperature monitoring in August 2026: the EMA/PIC/S Annex 15 revision, the FDA's lot-level food traceability flexibility consultation, post-transition QMSR inspections under Compliance Program 7382.850, WHO PQS E006 electronic monitoring requirements for vaccine cold chain equipment, India's Revised Schedule M now fully in force, and cold chain licensing conditions in Thailand and the Philippines. Sources checked this period included the FDA, USDA FSIS, CFIA, WHO, USP, MHRA, FSANZ, EMA/PIC/S, CDSCO, FSSAI, the Philippines FDA and the Thai FDA.

Regulatory Compliance Update Bulletin: Temperature Monitoring — July 2026

This July 2026 bulletin covers key regulatory developments affecting temperature monitoring in food, pharmaceutical, and medical device sectors — including the FDA QMSR coming into force, FSMA Food Traceability Rule enforcement deferral, UKHSA vaccine cold chain wastage data, Health Canada GUI-0069 revisions, and proposed USP Chapter <1079.5>. Sources checked include FDA, USDA FSIS, UKHSA (UK Green Book), Health Canada, USP, MHRA, FSANZ, and ISO.