In June 2025, Texas and Louisiana each enacted legislation mandating new label disclosures for foods containing a number of food and color additives, raising federal preemption and First Amendment questions. Both states have...more
7/2/2025
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On June 18, 2025, FDA published a proposed “Post-Market Assessment Prioritization Tool” to guide how the agency plans to rank and prioritize food chemicals under its enhanced post-market review process.
FDA’s unveiling of...more
6/25/2025
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Toxic Chemicals
On June 11, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released educational videos and a new fact sheet to facilitate compliance with the agency’s New Dietary Ingredient Notification (NDIN) review process. Under the...more
6/18/2025
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Dietary Supplements ,
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Food Safety ,
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Reporting Requirements
On May 22, 2025, President Trump’s Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission released an assessment titled “The MAHA Report: Make Our Children Healthy Again Assessment.” The report—framed as a “call to action”—stems from a...more
5/27/2025
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Food Safety ,
Healthcare Reform ,
National Institute of Health (NIH) ,
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Trump Administration
On March 10, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a press release emphasizing “radical transparency to make sure all Americans know what is in their food” and announcing that HHS Secretary Robert F....more
This year, at the Federal Bar Association’s (FBA) annual Qui Tam Conference, United States Department of Justice (DOJ) leadership confirmed that DOJ will remain committed to aggressive enforcement of the False Claims Act...more